The Politics of the New Germany

The Politics of the New Germany takes a new approach to understanding politics in the post-unification Federal Republic. Assuming only elementary knowledge, it focuses on debates and issues in order to help students understand both the workings of Germany's key institutions and some of the key policy challenges facing German politicians." "Each of the chapters draws on a rich variety of real-world examples. In doing so, it highlights both the challenges and opportunities facing policy-makers in such areas as foreign affairs, economic policy, immigration, identity politics and institutional reform. The book also takes a bird's-eye view of the big debates that have defined German politics over time, regardless of which political parties happened to be in power. It pinpoints three key themes that have characterised German politics over the last sixty years; reconciliation, consensus and transformation." "Dan Hough is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sussex." "Alister Miskimmon is Lecturer inEuropean Politics and International Relations and Director of European Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London." "Graham Timmins is Professor of Politics at the University of Stirling.

Simon Green is Senior Lecturer in German and European Politics at the European Research Institute and Deputy Director of the Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham. He has written widely on German politics and especially on immigration and citizenship policy in Germany.

Dan Hough is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sussex. He has published widely on parties and party systems, devolution and constitutional change and German politics. He recently co-wrote (with Michael Kos and Jonathan Olsen) The Left Party in Contemporary German Politics (Palgrave, 2007).

Alister Miskimmon is Lecturer in European Politics and International Relations and Director of European Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. His research interests are in the field of German foreign policy, as well as wider European and global security issues.

Graham Timmins is Professor of Politics at the University of Stirling. His research areas cover European integration and security and German Politics. Recent publications include Russia and Europe in the Twenty-First Century: An Uneasy Partnership, co-editor Jackie Gower (Anthem, 2007).