Eric Langenbacher

Twilight of the Merkel Era

Power and Politics in Germany after the 2017 Bundestag Election

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Produktbeschreibung

An in-depth look at the 2017 Bundestag campaign and election Detailed analyses of the major parties and political forces As assessment of the consequential Merkel chancellorship A focus on the rise of right-populism with the Alternative for Germany party

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9781789202656
• ISBN-10: 1789202655
• Artikelnr.: 54617753

Autorenporträt

Eric Langenbacher is a Teaching Professor and Director of the Honors Program in the Department of Government, Georgetown University. Recent publications include The German Polity, 11th edition, co-authored with David Conradt (Lanham, 2017) and Mapping Comparative Politics: Power and Legitimacy (Thousand Oaks, forthcoming 2019). He is also Managing Editor of German Politics and Society, which is housed in Georgetown University's BMW Center for German and European Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Merkeldämmerung
Eric Langenbacher
Chapter 1. Coalition Politics in Crisis? The German Party System Before and
After the 2017 Federal Election
Frank Decker and Philipp Adorf
Chapter 2. Pointing Fingers at the Media? Coverage of the 2017 Bundestag
Election
Alexander Beyer and Steven Weldon
Chapter 3. LGBTI Rights and the 2017 German National Election
Louise K. Davidson-Schmich
Chapter 4. Kan-di(e)-dat? Unpacking Gender Images across Angela Merkel's
Four Campaigns for the Chancellorship, 2005-2017
Joyce Marie Mushaben
Chapter 5. The CDU/CSU's Ambivalent 2017 Campaign
Clay Clemens
Chapter 6. Yet Another Grand Coalition: The Social Democrats at the
Crossroads
Andreas M. Wüst
Chapter 7. The Race for Third: Small Parties in the 2017 Bundestag Election
David F. Patton
Chapter 8. Two of the Same Kind? The Rise of the AfD and its Implications
for the CDU/CSU
Matthias Dilling
Chapter 9. The AfD and the End of Containment in Germany?
David Art
Chapter 10. Radical Right-Wing Populists in Parliament: The Alternative for
Germany in European Context
Lars Rensmann
Chapter 11. Antisemitism in the "Alternative for Germany" Party
Samuel Salzborn
Chapter 12. The Left Party and the AfD: Populist Competitors in Eastern
Germany
Jonathan Olsen
Chapter 13. Germany's Aussenpolik After the Election
Stephen F. Szabo
Chapter 14. Germany's Role in the EU-27 Leadership Constellation after
Brexit
Christian Schweiger
Conclusion: Looking Beyond Merkel
Eric Langenbacher