Synopses & Reviews
This book offers a concise and comprehensive overview of the Federal Republic of Germany post 1945. The chapters will enable students to understand how Germany's political institutions work, their strengths and weaknesses and the relationship between institutions and the political process.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-264) and index.
About the Author
Manfred Schmidt is Professor in Political Science at the University of Heidelberg. He was previously Professor in Political Science at the Centre for Social Policy Research in Bremen. He has written widely on comparative public policy and politics in Germany and was the winner of the
Leibniz-Preis of the German Research Foundation in 1995.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Against 'Leviathan' and 'Behemoth': The Anti-Totalitarian Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany
2. Governing a Semi-Sovereign State: Germany's Executive
3. Constructing the Political Will of the People: The Legislature, Parliamentary Government and the Party State
4. Supremacy of the Law or the Judiciary, the Court System and Judicial Review
5. Linking People and Political Institutions
6. Continuity and Discontinuity in the Federal Republic of Germany