Twilight of the Merkel Era

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.

• Introduction: MerkeldämmerungEric LangenbacherChapter 1. Coalition Politics in Crisis? The German Party System Before and After the 2017 Federal ElectionFrank Decker and Philipp AdorfChapter 2. Pointing Fingers at the Media? Coverage of the 2017 Bundestag ElectionAlexander Beyer and Steven WeldonChapter 3. LGBTI Rights and the 2017 German National ElectionLouise K. Davidson-SchmichChapter 4. Kan-di(e)-dat? Unpacking Gender Images across Angela Merkel’s Four Campaigns for the Chancellorship, 2005–2017Joyce Marie MushabenChapter 5. The CDU/CSU’s Ambivalent 2017 CampaignClay ClemensChapter 6. Yet Another Grand Coalition: The Social Democrats at the CrossroadsAndreas M. WüstChapter 7. The Race for Third: Small Parties in the 2017 Bundestag ElectionDavid F. PattonChapter 8. Two of the Same Kind? The Rise of the AfD and its Implications for the CDU/CSUMatthias DillingChapter 9. The AfD and the End of Containment in Germany?David ArtChapter 10. Radical Right-Wing Populists in Parliament: The Alternative for Germany in European ContextLars RensmannChapter 11. Antisemitism in the “Alternative for Germany” PartySamuel SalzbornChapter 12. The Left Party and the AfD: Populist Competitors in Eastern GermanyJonathan OlsenChapter 13. Germany’s Aussenpolik After the ElectionStephen F. SzaboChapter 14. Germany's Role in the EU-27 Leadership Constellation after BrexitChristian SchweigerConclusion: Looking Beyond MerkelEric Langenbacher

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