Developments in German Politics 3 (Volume 3)

Once the miracle economy of the continent, Germany now staggers under the massive cost burden of unification while it struggles to come to terms with global economic change. Failure to confront the underlying economic weakness has discredited political institutions and patterns of political behavior that were once regarded as the ‘efficient secret’ of economic success. The country stands at the crossroads between economic reform and a spiral of economic decline with unpredictable fallout. Bringing together entirely new chapters by leading authorities in the field, Developments in German Politics 3 examines the unfolding crisis of German political economy; its repercussions for polity, politics, and policy; and the consequences for Germany’s role in Europe and the wider world. Like its predecessors, this book will be of interest to all concerned with European politics and will be necessary reading for students of German politics and society.

Contributors. David P. Conradt, Russell J. Dalton, Kenneth Dyson, Klaus H. Goetz, Simon Green, Adrian Hyde-Price, Charlie Jeffery, Stephen Padgett, William E. Paterson, Wolfgang Rüdig, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, Gordon Smith, Roland Sturm

Stephen Padgett is Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde. Among his books are Organizing Democracy in Eastern Germany and Interest Groups in Post-Communist Society.

William E. Paterson is Professor of German Politics and Director of the Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham. He is coauthor of Germany’s European Diplomacy: Shaping the Regional Milieu and coeditor of The Future of the German Economy.

Gordon Smith is Emeritus Professor of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is coeditor of the journal West European Politics.