InfoTrac Activities Recent German Elections Germany held national elections in 2002. What was the result and meaning of the elections? Which parties gained and which parties lost? How did the pending war in Iraq shape the election? There have also been subsequent state elections. What have been the general results and how have they shaped German politics? Here are some articles to get you started. Find them through Keyword searches or by entering "Germany" in the Subject Guide and then going to subdivision "elections." The devil they know: the German Federal election of 2002. Peter Pulzer. West European Politics April 2003 v26 i2 p153(13) (5106 words) The likable winner versus the competent loser: candidate images and the German election of 2002. Christopher J. Anderson, Frank Brettschneider. German Politics and Society Spring 2003 v21 i1 p95(24) (8196 words) Letter from Germany. (Opinion). Wolfhart Pannenberg. First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life March 2003 p8(4) (2641 words Berlin's Newest Power: Schroder's big loss puts a secretive legislative group in charge of Germany's economic future. (Europe)(Gerhard Schroder, Mediation Committee) Charles P. Wallace. Time International Feb 17, 2003 v161 i7 p33 (771 words) Humiliation for Schroder; German politics; Can Schroder overcome his setback? Global Agenda Feb 4, 2003 pNA (801 words) Schroeder's upset victory. (Gerhard Schroeder) World and I Dec 2002 v17 i12 p44 (3073 words) Joschka Fischer - Germany's man of the hour. (Germany). Terry Martin. Europe Nov 2002 p8(2) (843 words) The Greens in Germany. (Editorial). (Green Party in German elections)(Brief Article) The Oil and Gas Journal Sept 30, 2002 v100 i40 p19(1) (702 words) Deutschland uber alles: Andrew Gimson says that Gerhard Schroeder has scorned cant and struck a blow for German nationalism. (German elections) Andrew Gimson. Spectator Sept 28, 2002 v290 i9086 p18(2) (1403 words) Scraping home; Germany's election; Schroder scrapes home. ( Gerhard Schroder) Global Agenda Sept 25, 2002 pNA (1159 words) Fight to the finish. (German elections) Global Agenda Sept 20, 2002 pNA (1200 words) Does This Vote Matter? (Germany) Stefan Theil. Newsweek International Sept 16, 2002 p16 (1152 words) Steady, Go! Schroder and Stoiber kick off the German Chancellor challenge with a dull debate. Will it get any better? (Europe) Charles P. Wallace. Time International July 22, 2002 v160 i2 p30+ (1554 words) Schroder in trouble. (Brief Article) Global Agenda July 19, 2002 pNA (1177 words) Article Exercise Germany's new muscle. Stefan Wolff. Foreign Policy Jan-Feb 2004 i140 p90(2) (741 words) For more articles on Germany, enter: "Germany" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "politics and government." "Germany" in the Subject Guide, and then go to relevant subdivisions. That malaise thing; Germany's gloom. (The malaise in Germany) The Economist (US) March 27, 2004 v370 i8368 p50US (807 words) Lies the Germans tell themselves. (Observations)(German views of the Second World War and after) Bartosz Jalowiecki. Commentary Jan 2004 v117 i1 p43(4) (3306 words) Slow implosion; Germany's Social Democrats. The troubles of Germany's ruling Social Democratic party The Economist (US) Nov 22, 2003 v369 i8351 p50US (591 words) Breathe or be strangled; Germany's bureaucracy. (A campaign against red tape in Germany) The Economist (US) Oct 11, 2003 v369 i8345 p56US (475 words) Divergent paths: environmental policy in Germany, the United States, and Japan. Miranda A. Schreurs. Environment Oct 2003 v45 i8 p8(9) (7237 words) Playing all sides; Germany's foreign policy. (Germany's emerging foreign policy) The Economist (US) Sept 27, 2003 v368 i8343 p49US (958 words) The exhausting grind of consensus; German reform and democracy. (Germany's effort to impose reform while keeping a consensus) The Economist (US) August 30, 2003 v368 i8339 p35US (869 words) Municipal mayhem; Germany's federalism and finances. The Economist (US) August 16, 2003 v368 i8337 p45US (704 words) Rethinking Corporatism and Consensus: the dilemmas of German social-protection reform. Mark I. Vail. West European Politics July 2003 v26 i3 p41(27) (11966 words) Is Eastern enlargement of the European Union a beneficial investment for Germany? Stephen Wood. Political Science Quarterly Summer 2003 v118 i2 p281(27) (12187 words) Protest and reform in asylum policy: citizen initiatives versus asylum seekers in German Municipalities, 1989-1994. Roger Karapin. German Politics and Society Summer 2003 v21 i2 p1(45) (16104 words) Don't give in; Reform in Germany and France. (The battle for reform in Germany and France) The Economist (US) June 7, 2003 v367 i8327 p13US (792 words) The View from Pluto: Germans see the world with peculiar eyes. Jeffrey Gedmin. National Review May 19, 2003 v55 i9 pNA (1559 words) We're not children! German foreign policy. (Germany's new foreign-policy) The Economist (US) May 17, 2003 v367 i8324 p45US (831 words) Postcards from planet Jupiter. (Coda). Karl E. Meyer. World Policy Journal Spring 2003 v20 i1 p103(3) (2380 words) Can Angela Merkel Save Germany? (Christian Democratic Union leader) Jack Ewing. Business Week March 10, 2003 i3823 p26 (654 words) THE DECLINE OF GERMANY; With a weak economy and little political will to reform, is it fast becoming another Japan? Jack Ewing. Business Week Feb 17, 2003 i3820 p46 (3460 words) Who's right now? Europe's far-right resurgence fizzles out. (Gazette). Steven Hill. The American Prospect Feb 2003 v14 i2 p16(2) (1312 words) The policy impact of church--state relations: family policy and abortion in Britain, France, and Germany. Michael Minkenberg. West European Politics Jan 2003 v26 i1 p195(26) (10090 words) The transformation of German multilateralism: changes in the foreign policy discourse since unification. Rainer Baumann. German Politics and Society Winter 2002 v20 i4 p1(26) (9930 words) The PDS and the concept of the catch-all party. (Party of Democratic Socialism) Daniel Hough. German Politics and Society Winter 2002 v20 i4 p27(21) (7287 words) The German model reconsidered. Hyeong-ki Kwon. German Politics and Society Winter 2002 v20 i4 p48(25) (8863 words) Sonderweg: The closing of the German mind. Uwe Siemon-Netto. The National Interest Winter 2002 p33(11) (5786 words) The winter of Germany's discontent. Martin Walker. World Policy Journal Winter 2002 v19 i4 p37(11) (6280 words) Allies or satellites? The transatlantic wrangling over Iraq underlines the democratic principles on which the alliance is based. (European Affairs). (Germany and Europe vs. United States) Martin Walker. Europe Dec 2002 p18(2) (844 words) Testing, testing. (Germany becoming more powerful in world affairs) The Economist (US) Dec 7, 2002 v365 i8302 pNA (2406 words) Joschka Fischer: A One-Man Charm Offensive. (Diplomacy) Charles P. Wallace. Time International Oct 7, 2002 v160 i15 p32+ (576 words) A dual transformation of the German welfare state? Martin Seeleib-Kaiser. West European Politics Oct 2002 v25 i4 p25(25) (9449 words LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE? Edmund Stoiber may not be the economic savior Germany hopes for. Jack Ewing. Business Week Sept 23, 2002 i3800 p54 (1334 words) Parliamentary control and foreign policy in Germany: the Bundestag's use of formal instrumentalities in overseeing the administration's foreign policy. James Ryan Anderson. German Politics and Society Fall 2002 v20 i3 p1(14) (4720 words) The war that took place in Germany: intellectuals and September 11. Elliot Neaman. German Politics and Society Fall 2002 v20 i3 p56(23) (9078 words) Aspects of the present: contemporary German culture: an introduction. Amir Eshel. The Germanic Review Fall 2002 v77 i4 p259(5) (2103 words) This Bavarian doesn't wear feathered hats or swill beer. Germany's hard right candidate for chancellor treads softly. (Profile: Edmund Stoiber). (Edmund Stoiber) David Lawday. New Statesman (1996) Sept 16, 2002 v131 i4605 p34(2) (1536 words) The peculiar course of German history: Edgar Feuchtwanger warns against exaggerating the extent or significance of liberalism's failure in German history. (The Unpredictable Past). Edgar Feuchtwanger. History Review Sept 2002 p49(6) (3620 words) Germany's best party collapses. : Blue Greens. John B. Judis. The New Republic July 8, 2002 p18 (2185 words) The political consequences of electoral laws: the German system at fifty. Giovanni Capoccia. West European Politics July 2002 v25 i3 p171(33) (14134 words) They're being broken; Taboos in Germany. (Taboos against nationalism being broken in Germany)(Brief Article) The Economist (US) May 25, 2002 pNA (836 words) How vindictive was the peace treaty? The Treaty of Versailles 80 years on. (Interpretation). Ruth Henig. Modern History Review April 2002 v13 i4 p2(4) (2216 words) Continuity or politikwechsel? The first federal red-green coalition. Michaela Richter. German Politics and Society Spring 2002 v20 i1 p1(48) (15742 words) Morality and Human Dignity. (Thinking Politically). (speech by the late German Green Party leader Petra Kelly)(Transcript) Synthesis/Regeneration Spring 2002 p25(2) (772 words) RED DAWN. Helen Fessenden. Foreign Affairs Jan-Feb 2002 v81 i1 p177 (4957 words) Open Letter to the Green Party of Germany. (Green Party USA seeks condemnation of War on Terrorism)(included reply from Green Party, Germany)(Brief Article) Synthesis/Regeneration Wntr 2002 pCOV2(2) (877 words) German Greens Off to War Again. (War for Oil). (Green Party)(War on Terrorism, 2001-) Jim Green. Synthesis/Regeneration Wntr 2002 p18(3) (2031 words) Environmentalists, nuclear waste, and the politics of passive exclusion in Germany. (Critical Essay) Christian Hunold. German Politics and Society Winter 2001 v19 i4 p43(21) (7454 words) Neither decline nor sclerosis: The organisational structure of the German environmental movement. Dieter Rucht, Jochen Roose. West European Politics Oct 2001 v24 i4 p55(28) (10142 words) "Ein Staatsmann mit Geschichte": Joschka Fischer's German Past. (Forum). M. Anne Sa'adah. German Politics and Society Fall 2001 v19 i3 p56(24) (9476 words) Contemporary challenges to German federalism: from the European Union to the global economy. Richard Deeg. Law and Policy in International Business Fall 2001 v33 i1 p51(25) (10320 words) "Farewell without Tears": Diplomats, Dissidents, and the Demise of East Germany(*). Noel D. Cary. The Journal of Modern History Sept 2001 v73 i3 p617 (18688 words) Religion and politics in Germany since 1945: The Evangelical and Catholic Churches. Sabrina P. Ramet. Journal of Church and State Wntr 2000 v42 i1 p115 (13475 words) Postmaterialism and electoral choice before and after German unification. Dieter Fuchs, Robert Rohrschneider. West European Politics April 1998 v21 n2 p95(22) (7491 words)