Developments in German Politics

Contents: Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Glossary of Party Abbreviations and Political Terms - Map of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Lander - Introduction - PART 1: THE INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEM - Government and Political Order; G-J.Glaessner - A Divided Electorate?; R.J.Dalton - The Party System at the Crossroads; G.Smith - The Territorial Dimension; C.Jeffery - The Federal Constitutional Court; K.H.Goetz - Continuity and Change in the Policy Process; R.Sturm - PART 2: GERMANY AND THE WORLD - Beyond Polarity: German Foreign Policy in a Post-Cold War; W.E.Paterson - Germany and the European Union: From Junior to Senior Role; E.J.Kirchner - Of Dragons and Snakes: Contemporary German Security Policy; A.Hyde-Price - PART 3: THE ECONOMY AND SOCIAL POLICY - The Economic Order: Still Modell Deutschland?; K.Dyson - Economic Management and the Challenge of Unification; C.Flockton - Interest Groups in the Five New Lander; S.Padgett - PART 4: CURRENT ISSUES - German Welfare and Social Citizenship; S.Mangen - Women in the New Germany; E.Kolinsky - Crime and Policing in Germany in the 1990s; P.Cullen - Model or Exception: Germany as a Normal State?; P.Pulzer - Guide to Further Reading - Bibliography - Index