ABSTRACT
The German election of 2013 has important ramifications for the whole of Europe. Germany After the 2013 Elections: Breaking the Mould of Post-Unification Politics? provides a comprehensive analysis of this election and its wider implications for post-unification German politics. International specialists on German and EU politics examine the domestic and international context of the election and reflect on its possible consequences. In the first part of the volume, a number of contributors analyse the policy environment in which the election took place while the second part deals with voters, parties and leaders’ strategies in the run-up to, and the aftermath, of the 2013 election.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|75 pages
Policy Environment
chapter 3|17 pages
Germany, the Euro Crisis, and Risk Management
Europe's Reluctant and Vulnerable Hegemonic Power
chapter 4|19 pages
Germany's Foreign Policy
Challenges and Opportunities after the Federal Election in 2013
part II|138 pages
The 2013 Election
chapter 5|21 pages
Chancellor Merkel, the European Debt Crisis and the AfD
An Analysis of Voting Behaviour in the 2013 Federal Election
chapter 6|18 pages
Party Manifestos in Representative Democracy
Strengthening the Electoral Connection?
chapter 7|25 pages
Programmatic Change in the Two Main Parties
CDU and SPD on Their Way to the Grand Coalition
chapter 8|25 pages
The Failed Struggle for Office Instead of Votes
The Greens, Die Linke and the FDP
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