This text provides authoritative coverage and wide-ranging analysis of politics and policy in the Federal Republic - including the implications of the 2002 federal elections - and of its role in the Europe and the wider world.

"Developments in German Politics 3" provides authoritative coverage and wide ranging analysis of politics and policy in the Federal Republic in the 21st century, including the implications of the 2002 federal elections and of its role in Europe and the wider world. Bringing together entirely new chapters by leading authorities, carefully edited to form a well integrated and balanced text, it should be useful reading for students and anyone interested in contemporary European politics.

Introduction - Government at the Centre
K.H.Goetz - Federalism and Territorial Politics
C.Jeffery - Voter Choice and Electoral Politics
R.J.Dalton - Parties and the Party System
G.Smith - Policy-Making in a New Political Landscape
R.Sturm - Political Economy: The German Model Under Stress
S.Padgett - The Welfare State
M.Seeleib-Kaiser - The Europeanisation of German Governance
K.Dyson - Defence and Security Policy
A.Hyde Price - Germany and Europe
W.E.Paterson - Towards an Open Society? Citizenship and Immigration
S.Green - Environment and Nuclear Power
W.Rudig - Political Culture and Identity: The Post-Unification Search for 'Inner Unity'
D.P.Conradt