The German Polity

Comprehensive yet concise, this introduction to modern German politics emphasizes the structural and attitudinal changes that have taken place over the past half-century in Germany, as well as the policy problems it faces today. This edition features a focus on the causes and consequences of Germany's economic crisis. Once a model of economic dynamism and the envy of its neighbors, Germany's economic growth rate is now among Europe's lowest. It also examines German-American relations post-9/11 and since the start of the Iraq war.