A Precarious Victory
Schroeder and the German Elections of 2002
1st Edition
Published on 13. January 2005
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-57181-864-5 (ISBN)
Description
The 2002 campaign and election was one of the most dramatic in the history of the Federal Republic. An unprecedented last minute swing narrowly re-elected the Social Democratic-Green government of Chancellor Schroeder. The campaign featured the first-ever American style television debate between the two candidates for the chancellorship. Foreign policy, particularly the refusal of Schroeder to support the Iraq policies of US President George W. Bush, played an unusually important role. In the aftermath of the election the government was faced with a deteriorating economy and the charge of the opposition that it had deliberately mislead voters during the campaign. In this volume, distinguished experts from both sides of the Atlantic analyse these and other critical issues. Their work is based on extensive research in Germany and Washington, which included interviews with major political figures and the collection of new campaign and election data.
Contributors: William Patterson, E. Gene Frankland, Clay Clemens, Christian Soe, Gerald R. Kleinfeld, David Patton, Dieter Roth, Mary N. Hampton, Ferdinand Breitbach, Irwin Collier, Helga Welsh, Stephen Szabo.
Contributors: William Patterson, E. Gene Frankland, Clay Clemens, Christian Soe, Gerald R. Kleinfeld, David Patton, Dieter Roth, Mary N. Hampton, Ferdinand Breitbach, Irwin Collier, Helga Welsh, Stephen Szabo.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Herndon
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Library binding
Illustrations
Index; 18 Figures; 14 Tables, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
574 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57181-864-5 (9781571818645)
DOI
10.3167/9781571818645
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David Conradt is Professor of Political Science at the University of East Carolina.
Content
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
David P. Conradt, Gerald R. Kleinfeld, and Christian Soe
Chapter 1. The 2002 Campaign and Election: An Overview
David P. Conradt
Chapter 2. Who Won and Why
Dieter Roth
Chapter 3. Gerhard Schroeder and the Unlikely Victory of the German Social Democrats
William E. Paterson and James Sloam
Chapter 4. Hold the Champagne: Edmund Stoiber's CDU/CSU and Bundestagswahl 2002
Clay Clemens
Chapter 5. Saving Schroeder: The Greens in 2002
E. Gene Frankland
Chapter 6. A False Dawn for Germany's Liberals: The Rise and Fall of Project 18
Christian Soe
Chapter 7. The PDS Implode
Gerald R. Kleinfeld
Chapter 8. Ladies' Choice: Returning the Schroeder Government to Power in 2002
Mary N. Hampton
Chapter 9. Dogs That Did Not Bark: German Exceptionalism Reconsidered
David F. Patton
Chapter 10. The Poisoned Relationship: Germany, the United States, and the Election of 2002
Stephen F. Szabo
Chapter 11. German Policymaking and the Reform Gridlock
Helga A. Welsh
Chapter 12. Can Gerhard Schroeder Do It? Prospects for Fundamental Reform of the German Economy and a Return to High Employment
Irwin Collier
Appendix
Notes on Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
David P. Conradt, Gerald R. Kleinfeld, and Christian Soe
Chapter 1. The 2002 Campaign and Election: An Overview
David P. Conradt
Chapter 2. Who Won and Why
Dieter Roth
Chapter 3. Gerhard Schroeder and the Unlikely Victory of the German Social Democrats
William E. Paterson and James Sloam
Chapter 4. Hold the Champagne: Edmund Stoiber's CDU/CSU and Bundestagswahl 2002
Clay Clemens
Chapter 5. Saving Schroeder: The Greens in 2002
E. Gene Frankland
Chapter 6. A False Dawn for Germany's Liberals: The Rise and Fall of Project 18
Christian Soe
Chapter 7. The PDS Implode
Gerald R. Kleinfeld
Chapter 8. Ladies' Choice: Returning the Schroeder Government to Power in 2002
Mary N. Hampton
Chapter 9. Dogs That Did Not Bark: German Exceptionalism Reconsidered
David F. Patton
Chapter 10. The Poisoned Relationship: Germany, the United States, and the Election of 2002
Stephen F. Szabo
Chapter 11. German Policymaking and the Reform Gridlock
Helga A. Welsh
Chapter 12. Can Gerhard Schroeder Do It? Prospects for Fundamental Reform of the German Economy and a Return to High Employment
Irwin Collier
Appendix
Notes on Contributors
Index