Taking Stock of what German Governments do

Together with varying colleagues, Reimut Zohlnhöfer has edited a volume on every German Federal government since the first coalition government of Social democrats and Greens (1998-2002). While these books are published in German, the main chapters of the most recent book on the second Merkel government have also been published as a special issue of German Politics.

The edited volumes analyze the most important developments in domestic and foreign policy with a focus on the impact of parties, electoral competition, interest groups, veto players and the European Union. Moreover, a number of chapters are also devoted to politics aspects of the respective legislative period like intra-party developments, coalition governance and institutional aspects.

These volumes currently cover the last five parliamentary terms:

Thomas Saalfeld and Reimut Zohlnhöfer (eds.), 2019: Germany under Merkel III: Continuity and Change, Special Issue of German Politics 28 (3).

Reimut Zohlnhöfer and Thomas Saalfeld (eds.), 2019: Zwischen Stillstand, Politikwandel und Krisenmanagement. Eine Bilanz der Regierung Merkel 2013-2017, Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2019.

Thomas Saalfeld and Reimut Zohlnhöfer (eds.), 2014: The Merkel Government and the German Election of 2013, Special Issue of German Politics 23 (4).

Reimut Zohlnhöfer and Thomas Saalfeld (eds.), 2015: Politik im Schatten der Krise. Eine Bilanz der Regierung Merkel, 2009-2013, Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

Christoph Egle and Reimut Zohlnhöfer (eds.), 2010: Die zweite Große Koalition. Eine Bilanz der Regierung Merkel, 2005-2009, Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Christoph Egle and Reimut Zohlnhöfer (eds.), 2007: Ende des rot-grüne Projektes. Eine Bilanz der Regierung Schröder 2002-2005, Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Christoph Egle, Tobias Ostheim and Reimut Zohlnhöfer (eds.), 2003: Das rot-grüne Projekt. Eine Bilanz der Regierung Schröder 1998-2002, Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag.