Power Shift in Germany

The 1998 Election and the End of the Kohl Era
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-1-57181-199-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Modern German Studies

Germany's landmark 1998 election saw for the first time in the Republic's fifty-year historyan incumbent Chancellor and his entire government replaced. In this collection fourteen distinguished scholars, from both sides of the Atlantic, have come together to give the first detailed scholarly account of this historic event. From a variety of perspectives the essays, based on in-depth interviews, explore the election candidates, parties, and issues, and places them within the context of the Federal Republic's history, the end of the Bonn Republic and the beginning of the Berlin Republic. Special chapters focus on the growing importance of women inelectoral politics, voting behavior and the influence of the media, and the significance of the election for the European Union.

Based on in-depth interviews with political leaders and extensive field research this book is ideally suited for specialists in German and European politics and the interested reader who wants far more depth of coverage than the main stream media can provide.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Conradt, David

Kleinfeld, Gerald R.

Søe, Christian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Fifty Years of Federal Elections

Chapter 2. The 1998 Campaign and Election

Chapter 3. East-West Differences, Media and Campaign

Chapter 4. Economic Issues, Women and the 1998 Election

Chapter 5. Voting Behaviour in 1998

Chapter 6. Radical Right, Germany and the European Union, and Globalism after the Elections

Chapter 7. The 1998 German Elections in Comparative Perspective

Notes on Contributors

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kleinfeld, Gerald R.
Gerald R. Kleinfeld is Professor of History at Arizona State University.

Conradt, David
David Conradt is Professor of Political Science at the University of East Carolina.

Søe, Christian
Christian Søe is Professor of Political Science at California State University, Long Beach.

David Conradt is Professor of Political Science at the University of East Carolina.