Germany After the 2013 Elections

Introduction Breaking the Mould of Post-Unification German Politics?, GabrieleD’Ottavio, ThomasSaalfeld; Part I Policy Environment; Chapter 1 A Coalition Whose Time Had Already Passed …The Economic and Social Policies of the Second Merkel Government, ReimutZohlnhöfer; Chapter 2 A New German Question? Germany and European Integration in Historical Perspective, GabrieleD’Ottavio; Chapter 3 Germany, the Euro Crisis, and Risk Management, KennethDyson; Chapter 4 Germany’s Foreign Policy, AlisterMiskimmon, LuukMolthof; Part II The 2013 Election; Chapter 5 Chancellor Merkel, the European Debt Crisis and the AfD, MatthiasMader, HaraldSchoen; Chapter 6 Party Manifestos in Representative Democracy, MargretHornsteiner; Chapter 7 Programmatic Change in the Two Main Part Ies, UweJun, SimonJakobs; Chapter 8 The Failed Struggle for Office Instead of Votes, Simon T.Franzmann; Chapter 9 So Similar, Yet So Different, GianfrancoBaldini, SilviaBolgherini; Chapter 10 Coalition Formation and Coalition Governance after the Election of 2013, ThomasSaalfeld;