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Abstract
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.
"The essays are sophisticated and provide all the basic information, historical background, and statistics." · German Life
David Conradt is Professor of Political Science at the University of East Carolina.
Christian Søe is Professor of Political Science at California State University, Long Beach.
Gerald R. Kleinfeld is Professor of History at Arizona State University.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER SHIFT IN GERMANY | i | ||
| CONTENTS | iv | ||
| LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES | vi | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | viii | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1. THE 1998 CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION: An Overview | 7 | ||
| Chapter 2. THE SPD: From Opposition to Governing Party | 25 | ||
| Chapter 3. THE LAST HURRAH: Helmut Kohl’s CDU/CSU and the 1998 Election | 45 | ||
| Chapter 4. NEOLIBERAL STIRRINGS: The “New” FDP and Some Old Habits | 66 | ||
| Chapter 5. BÜNDNIS ’90/DIE GRÜNEN: From Opposition to Power | 87 | ||
| Chapter 6. THE PARTY OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM: Victory across the East and on to Berlin! | 105 | ||
| Chapter 7. WHO VOTED FOR WHOM—AND WHY: An Analysis of the 1998 German Federal Election | 121 | ||
| Chapter 8. THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NEWS | 143 | ||
| Chapter 9. REACHING CRITICAL MASS? German Women and the 1998 Election | 161 | ||
| Chapter 10. EAST-WEST ELECTORAL ENCOUNTERS IN UNIFIED GERMANY | 188 | ||
| Chapter 11. THE GERMAN POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE 1998 ELECTION | 207 | ||
| Chapter 12. CONTINUITY? German Foreign Policy at the Turn of the Century | 227 | ||
| Chapter 13. A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON THE BUNDESTAG ELECTIONS | 246 | ||
| APPENDIX | 259 | ||
| NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS | 266 | ||
| INDEX | 270 |