The Political Economy of Germany under Chancellors Kohl and Schröder

Decline of the German Model?
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84545-601-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 515 g

Reihe: Monographs in German History

While unification has undoubtedly had major effects on Germany's political economy, the pattern of current policy-making preferences was established at an earlier stage, in particular, at the beginning of the 'Kohl-era' in 1982. This essentially neo-liberal pattern can be seen to have dominated the modalities chosen to guide Germany through the process of unifi cation and was mirrored in developments in other OECD countries and in particular within the EU. This book demonstrates that the three policy imperatives (neo-liberal structural reform, European monetary integration, and unification) produced a policy-mix which, together with other structural economic and demographic factors, has had disappointing results in all three areas and hampered Germany's overall economic development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leaman, Jeremy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures

Introduction

Chapter 1. 1982: Crisis and Transition

Chapter 2. The Fall of Helmut Schmidt and the Formation of the Wende Administration

Chapter 3. The Kohl Era: CDU Supply-sidism in Practice

Chapter 4. Liberalisation and Monetary Accumulation

Chapter 5. German Unification and the Unravelling of Neoliberalism

Chapter 6. The Transformation Crisis in the East in an International Context: 1995-2006

Chapter 7. Squaring the Circle: Politico-economic Trends in the Schröder Era

Chapter 8. Coping with Stagnation: the Persistent Contradictions of Economic Orthodoxies in Germany and Europe

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Leaman, Jeremy
Jeremy Leaman is Senior Lecturer in German and European Political Economy at Loughborough University. He has published widely on German political economy and modern German history. He is currently working on a study of the political economy of taxation. He is also managing editor of the Journal of Contemporary European Studies and is a member of the editorial board of Debatte - Review of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe.