Culture, Society and Politics in the German-speaking Countries
Weeks 4: German Politics, Elections, Current Parliament, Potential Coalitions
(05.10.21)
This teaching unit will finish the introduction of Germany from the last session and will include a discussion of:
-The Federal Constitutional Court
-Political Participation
- German Political Parties => CDU,
SPD, Greens, Left, Alternative for Germany
- Far
Right Surge
- Party
Financing/Membership
- The Bundestag (2017-2021)
- Federal Elections 2021
- The Current Parliament (2021-)
- Possible Coalitions
- The German Economy
- Global Economic Power
Mandatory reading
Fischer, S. (2016). Nord Stream 2: Trust in Europe. CSS Policy Perspectives, 4(4). |
| U.S. Relations With Germany (2021). U.S. Department of State. Available here: https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-germany/ |
Further Reading
Webber, D. (Ed.). (2014). New Europe, new Germany, old foreign policy?: German foreign policy since unification. Routledge. |
| Steinhilber, J. (2008). Compass 2020-Germany in international relations. |