Germany on the Road to Normalcy

Introduction Germany on the Road to 'Normalcy': Policies and Politics of the Red-Green Federal Government (1998-2002); W.Reutter PART I: INSTITUTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS: PARTIES, COALITION GOVERNMENT AND CHANCELLOR DEMOCRACY One Electorate? Social Policy Views and Voters' Choice in the Unified Germany since 1990; R.Rohrschneider & M.Wolf The German Party System: Developments after Unification Bernhard Wessels Gerhard Schröder as 'Coordination Chancellor'? The Impact of Institutions and Arenas on the Chancellor's Style of Governance; S.Kropp PART II: 'OLD POLITICS': ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICY The Red-Green Government, the Third Way and the Alliance for Jobs, Training and Competitiveness; W.Reutter Policy Failure: The Economic Record of the Red-Green Coalition in Germany, 1998-2002; K.Hübner Continuity or Change: Red-Green Social Policy after Sixteen Years of Christian Democratic Rule; M.Seeleib-Kaiser PART III: CURRENT ISSUES AND 'NEW' POLITICS: INTERNAL SECURITY, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, AND IMMIGRATION Internal Security and the Politics of Law and Order; G.Glaessner From Taboo to Strategic Tool in Politics: Immigrants and Immigration Policies in German Party Politics; O.Schmidtke Red-Green Environmental Policy in Germany: Strategies and Performance Patterns; K.Kern , S.Koenen & T.Löffelsend PART IV: GERMANT AND THE WORLD: EUROPEAN POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY From 'Tamed' to 'Normal' Power: A New Paradigm in German Foreign and Security Policy?; A.Pradetto European Politics of the Red-Green Government: Deepening and Widening Continued; B.Lippert