Precarious victory : the 2002 German federal election and its aftermath / edited by David P. Conradt, Gerald R. Kleinfeld, Christian Søe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The 2002 campaign and election : an overview / David P. Conradt -- Who won and why / Dieter Roth -- Gerhard Schrèoder and the unlikely victory of the German Social Democrats / William E. Paterson and James Sloam -- Hold the champagne : Edmund Stoiber's CDU/CSU and Bundestagswahl 2002 / Clay Clemens -- Saving Schrèoder : the Greens in 2002 / E. Gene Frankland -- A false dawn for Germany's liberals : the rise and fall of Project 18 / Christian See -- The PDS implodes / Gerald R. Kleinfeld -- Ladies' choice : returning the Schrèoder government to power in 2002 / Mary N. Hampton -- Dogs that did not bark : German exceptionalism reconsidered / David F. Patton -- The poisoned relationship : Germany, the United States and the election of 2002 / Stephen F. Szabo -- German policymaking and the reform gridlock / Helga A. Welsh -- Can Gerhard Schrèoder do it? Prospects for fundamental reform of the German economy and a return to high employment / Irwin Collier.