Vol. 24 · No. 1 · Issue 78 · Spring 2006

Contents

Introduction: The Drama of 2005 and the Future of German Politics (65Kb PDF)
Eric Langenbacher

• Articles

The Tipping Point: The 2005 Election and the De-consolidation of the German Party System?
David P. Conradt

The Extraordinary Bundestag Election of 2005: The Interplay of Long-term Trends and Short-term Factors
Hermann Schmitt and Andreas M. Wüst

The Grand Coalition: Precedents and Prospects
Ludger Helms

From High Hopes To On-Going Defeat: The New Extreme Right's Political Mobilization and its National Electoral Failure in Germany
Lars Rensmann

Angela Merkel: What does it mean to run as a woman?
Myra Marx Ferree

Merkel's EU Policy: "Kohl's Mädchen" or Interest-driven Politics?
Dorothee Heisenberg

The Change in Government and Transatlantic Relations
Jackson Janes

Honecker's Revenge: The Enduring Legacy of German Unification in the 2005 Election
Jeffrey Kopstein and Daniel Ziblatt

Article Abstracts (41KB PDF)