German Politics Today

German Politics Today surveys the German political system, based on up-to-date information covering the period since the 1998 Bundestag election and the new coalition government under Chancellor Schröder. A concise survey of the historical background to the present-day political system, including the steps that led to German reunification in 1990, is followed by analysis of the institutions of political participation and the institutions of government. The book concludes by considering the symbiotic relationship between Germany and Europe, and assesses how apt it is to consider Germany to be a “normal” democracy today.