Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary German Politics and Policy

Eric Langenbacher

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Jahr: 2024
• ISBN:
  9781805395461
• Auflage: 1
• Thema: History
• Thema: 21st Century History

Germany has undergone more change in the past two years than it has experienced in decades. In the fall of 2021, the Social Democratic Party unexpectedly surged to first place in the Bundestag elections, going on to lead a coalition of SPD, Greens, and Free Democrats that promised to "dare more progress" domestically. Then just two months after the new government was installed, Russia invaded Ukraine. The contributions in this volume investigate the altered state of German politics and predict the trajectory of Europe's leading power in the transformed geopolitical environment.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Figures, Tables, and Appendices
• Introduction: A Zeitenwende Indeed
• Chapter 1: From the Eternal Grand Coalition to the Traffic Light Alliance: The German Party System before and after the 2021 Federal Election
• Chapter 2: Pathways to the Chancellorship: The Making of Chancellor Scholz in Perspective
• Chapter 3: Continuing Formalization of Coalition Formation with a New “Sound”: Negotiating the Coalition Contract after the 2021 Bundestag Election
• Chapter 4: The Quest for Gender Parity: Angela Merkel and the Diversification of Electoral Politics in Germany
• Chapter 5: What Do (Parties Think) Women and LGBTI Citizens Want? Party Platforms, Gender, and Sexuality in the 2021 German Federal Election
• Chapter 6: Kanzlerwahlverein No More? Failed Internal Coalition Building and the CDU/CSU’s 2021 Campaign
• Chapter 7: From Zero to Hero: The Rise of Olaf Scholz and the SPD
• Chapter 8: Not a Single-Digit Party Anymore: The Central Role of Alliance 90/The Greens in a Changed Party System
• Chapter 9: Catalysts for Change: Small Parties in the 2021 Bundestag Election
• Chapter 10: The Party without Qualities? Explaining the Left Party’s Electoral Disaster in the 2021 German Federal Election
• Chapter 11: Setting a Trend? Support for the Greens and the FDP in the 2021 Bundestag Election
• Chapter 12: A Tale of Two Electorates? The 2021 Federal Election and the AfD Voter in East and West
• Chapter 13: The Pandemic Factor: The COVID-19 Crisis in the Alternative for Germany’s 2021 Federal Election Campaign
• Chapter 14: The Shifting Role of Climate Change in the 2021 Bundestag Election
• Chapter 15: Reordering German Liberalism: Re-examining the Social Market Economy in the 2021 Bundestag Election
• Chapter 16: The Enduring Effect of Immigration Attitudes on Vote Choice: Evidence from the 2021 German Federal Election
• Chapter 17: The Ampel Coalition’s Foreign Policy Challenges
• Chapter 18: China and Russia Policy in the 2021 Election and Beyond
• Chapter 19: Inertia and Reactiveness in Germany’s Russia Policy: From the 2021 Federal Election to the Invasion of Ukraine in 2022
• Index