Lose-Lose Proposition
Policy Change and Party Politics in the Grand Coalition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3627879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clay Clemens (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-24 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-0300 • E-ISSN: 1558-5441 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/gps.2010.280301 |
| OpenAlex | W2324987970 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Contrary to many common expectations for a Grand Coalition, Chancellor Angela Merkel's 2005-2009 CDU/CSU-SPD government produced few major policy changes. Its modest output is generally attributed to polarized competition between two co-equal, longtime rivals that blocked cooperation. Yet, interparty gridlock was less decisive than intraparty paralysis. The CDU, CSU, and SPD formed a government at the very time when each was plagued by internal divisions over programmatic identity, fueled in turn by interrelated strategic and leadership struggles. The result was caution, confusion, patchwork measures, side payments and reversals
Coalition government · Confusion · Economics · Gridlock · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Public Administration and Political Analysis
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2020 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |