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Germany's Gathering Crisis
The 2005 Federal Election and the Grand Coalition, New Perspectives in German Political Studies
ISBN/EAN: 9780230516854
Umbreit-Nr.: 9051686
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xiii, 253 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 11.12.2008
Auflage: 1/2008
- Zusatztext
- This book analyses German politics and economy. It analyzes the gathering crisis during the Red-Green government, the government's efforts to impose a reform agenda, the impact of the 2005 federal elections, and provides an evaluation of the success of the Grand Coalition in meeting these challenges in the run-up to the 2009 elections.
- Kurztext
- The authors are among the foremost experts on Germany in the English-speaking work, and Willie Paterson, in particular, has an impressive track record for producing excellent analyses on German politicsThe future performance of Germany and its direction will be of crucial importance for the whole of Europe. The proposed volume with thus be not only timely, but also difficult to matchTimely in that it assesses the political and economic landscape in the run-up to the 2009 federal elections
- Autorenportrait
- William E. Paterson was formerly Professor of Politics, Warwick University, Salvesen Professor of European Institutions at Edinburgh University and Director of the Institute of German Studies at Birmingham University. He is now Honorary Professor of German and European Politics at Aston University. Author of 28 single authored, co-authored and co-edited books and 160 articles and chapters. Co-editor of The European Union Series, PSEUP and New Perspectives on German Politics for Palgrave. Former editor of German Politics (Taylor & Francis) and JCMS (Wiley). Awarded Lifetime achievement awards by UACES (1997) International Association for the Study of German Politics(1994) and PSA (2011). Awarded OBE by UK Government 1999 and Oder of Merit (First Class) by the German Government in 1998. Co-edited the latest edition of Developments in German Politics 4.