Rethinking Germany and Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Democracy and Diplomacy, Germany and Europe

   1. Democracy and Diplomacy, Germany and Europe

      • Simon Bulmer, Charlie Jeffery, Stephen Padgett

      Pages 1-21

3. Democracy and Governance in Germany

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. The Chancellor and Her Party

      • Clay Clemens

      Pages 25-41

   3. Reinventing Social Democracy? Political Opportunity Structures in Germany and Spain

      • Stephen Padgett, Richard Gillespie

      Pages 42-58

   4. Landmark Elections in Germany

      • Thomas Poguntke, Gordon Smith

      Pages 59-72

   5. The Policy of the Middle Way: Germany since 1990

      • Manfred G. Schmidt

      Pages 73-84

   6. Beyond Semi-Sovereignty?: Economic Governance in Germany

      • Simon Green

      Pages 85-96

   7. Government and Industry Relations

      • Wyn Grant

      Pages 97-109

4. European Contexts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. Does Congruence Matter? Germany and Britain in the European Union

      • Simon Bulmer, Charlie Jeffery

      Pages 113-138

   3. Germany’s Role in European and International Security: Aims versus Action

      • Emil J. Kirchner

      Pages 139-153

   4. European Leadership in Transition: Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy

      • William M. Chandler

      Pages 154-170

   5. Gulliver’s Travail: Crafting a New Transatlantic Bargain

      • James Sperling

      Pages 171-187

   6. The Stille Allianz Revisited

      • Alister Miskimmon, John Roper

      Pages 188-199

   7. Europe as a Global ‘Civilian’ Power?

      • Hanns W. Maull

      Pages 200-220

5. Back Matter

   Pages 221-243

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Explores the paths of development unfolding from the inter-dependent histories of postwar Germany and the European integration process. The contributors explore these histories within the idea of 'semi-sovereignty': a set of constraints on the German state's power within the external constraints of Germany's multilateral commitments.

• Britain
• democracy
• Diplomacy
• Europe
• European Integration
• European integration process
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• Germany
• Governance
• government
• Merkel, Angela
• Policy
• sovereignty
• Spain
• european union politics
• us politics

• University of Sheffield, UK

  Simon Bulmer

• University of Edinburgh, UK

  Charlie Jeffery

• University of Strathclyde, UK

  Stephen Padgett

WILLIAM M. CHANDLER is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, USA CLAY CLEMENS is Chancellor Professor of Government at the College of William and Mary, USA RICHARD GILLESPIE is Professor in the School of Politics and Communication Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK WYN GRANT is Professor of Politics at the University of Warwick, UK SIMON GREEN is Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Aston Centre for Europe (ACE) at Aston University, UK EMIL KIRCHNER is Professor of European Studies at the University of Essex, UK HANNS MAULL is Professor for Foreign Policy and International Relations at the University of Trier, Germany ALISTER MISKIMMON is Senior Lecturer in European Politics and International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK THOMAS POGUNTKE is Professor in Political Science and the German Political System at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany JOHN ROPER is Chairman of the European Union Select Committee in the House of Lords. He was from 1990-1995 the first Director of the Western European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris, France MANFRED G. SCHMIDT is Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany GORDON SMITH is Professor Emeritus of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK JAMES SPERLING is Professor of Political Science at the University of Akron, USA.

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