Germany's New Politics

<p> Four years after unification Germany completed what has been called the super election year: no less than nineteen elections culminating in the Bundestag vote on October 16 1994. Four years after unification the elections of 1994 reveal the state of German Unity and the interplay of new forces in post-Cold War Europe. This book analyzes the elections for specialists as well as for students placing them in the wider context of political and economic developments in Germany in the 1990s. An appendix with full data on previous Bundestag elections and relevant charts on party developments enhances the value of this volume which students scholars and the general reader interested in German affairs will find indispensable.</p>