Introduction : the drama of 2005 and the future of German politics / Eric Langenbacher
The tipping point : the 2005 election and the deconsolidation of the German party system? / David Conradt
The extraordinary Bundestag election of 2005 : the interplay of long-term trends and short-term factors / Hermann Schmitt and Andreas M. Wüst
The grand coalition : precedents and prospects / Ludger Helms
From high hopes to on-going defeat : the new extreme Right's political mobilization and its national electoral failure in Germany / Lars Rensmann
Angela Merkel : what does it mean to run as a woman? / Myra Marx-Ferree
Merkel's EU policy : "Kohl's Mädchen" or interest-driven politics? / Dorothee Heisenberger
The change in government and transatlantic relations / Jackson Janes
Honecker's revenge : the enduring legacy of German unification in the 2005 election / Jeffrey Kopstein and Daniel Ziblatt
From the outside in : Angela Merkel and the CDU / Clay Clemens.
Launching the grand coalition : the 2005 Bundestag election and the future of German politics. ISBN 1845452836. Published by Berghahn Books in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.