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Berghahn Books A Precarious Victory Schroeder and the German Elections of 2002 2005 Edition by David Conradt, Gerald R. Kleinfeld, Christian Soe
The 2002 campaign and election was one of the most dramatic in the history of the Federal Republic. An unprecedented last minute swing narrowly re-elected the Social Democratic-Green government of Chancellor Schroeder. The campaign featured the first-ever American style television debate between the two candidates for the chancellorship. Foreign policy, particularly the refusal of Schroeder to support the Iraq policies of US President George W. Bush, played an unusually important role. In the aftermath of the election the government was faced with a deteriorating economy and the charge of the opposition that it had deliberately mislead voters during the campaign. In this volume, distinguished experts from both sides of the Atlantic analyse these and other critical issues. Their work is based on extensive research in Germany and Washington, which included interviews with major political figures and the collection of new campaign and election data.Contributors: William Patterson, E. Gene Frankland, Clay Clemens, Christian Soe, Gerald R. Kleinfeld, David Patton, Dieter Roth, Mary N. Hampton, Ferdinand Breitbach, Irwin Collier, Helga Welsh, Stephen Szabo. Table of contents :- List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionDavid P. Conradt, Gerald R. Kleinfeld, and Christian SoeChapter 1. The 2002 Campaign and Election: An OverviewDavid P. ConradtChapter 2. Who Won and WhyDieter RothChapter 3. Gerhard Schroeder and the Unlikely Victory of the German Social DemocratsWilliam E. Paterson and James SloamChapter 4. Hold the Champagne: Edmund Stoiber's CDU/CSU and Bundestagswahl 2002Clay ClemensChapter 5. Saving Schroeder: The Greens in 2002E. Gene FranklandChapter 6. A False Dawn for Germany's Liberals: The Rise and Fall of Project 18Christian SoeChapter 7. The PDS ImplodeGerald R. KleinfeldChapter 8. Ladies' Choice: Returning the Schroeder Government to Power in 2002Mary N. HamptonChapter 9. Dogs That Did Not Bark: German Exceptionalism ReconsideredDavid F. PattonChapter 10. The Poisoned Relationship: Germany, the United States, and the Election of 2002Stephen F. SzaboChapter 11. German Policymaking and the Reform GridlockHelga A. WelshChapter 12. Can Gerhard Schroeder Do It? Prospects for Fundamental Reform of the German Economy and a Return to High EmploymentIrwin CollierAppendixNotes on ContributorsIndex