Adenauer to Kohl: The Development of the German Chancellorship - Hardcover

9780878405565: Adenauer to Kohl: The Development of the German Chancellorship

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ISBN 10: 0878405569 ISBN 13: 9780878405565

Verlag: GEORGETOWN UNIV PR, 1994

This examination of the office of the German chancellorship as it has evolved under six post-war chancellors analyzes both the nature of executive leadership as institutionalized in the constitutional order or political system and the evolution of the office during the course of individual incumbencies. The distinguished contributors evaluate the "chancellor democracy" model rooted in the imperious incumbency of Konrad Adenauer, which postulates a concentration of executive authority around the chancellorship, and the model of "coordination democracy," which casts the chancellor in a more managerial role in a political system marked by the diffusion of authority. This volume traces a progression from the first model to the second over time.

German unification has thrust new roles on the chancellor, including one as a symbol of unity in an incomplete process of integration, and another as a key figure in redefining Germany's new national and international identity. A number of the contributors address the question of whether the office has the political resources to enable the incumbent to fill these new roles.

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The German Chancellorship is an office beset by paradox. As leader of Europe's largest and most powerful state, the Chancellor is a key figure on the stage of international politics. Yet the constraints of the legacy of the past mean that Chancellors are unable to emulate French Presidents in their cultivation of the politics of grandeur. Moreover, the fragmented power structure of domestic politics normally precludes the exercise of the 'heroic' style of leadership. This volume explores these paradoxes, defining the scope of Chancellor leadership and its limits, asking whether post-unification Germany needs a wider repertoire of leadership styles and skills than that of the old Federal Republic. Adenauer to Kohl combines an analysis of the structural foundations of executive leadership in Germany with a study of the six postwar Chancellors. It explains variations in performance between Chancellors who dominated and shaped the political landscape of the Federal Republic, and those who merely trod fleetingly across it. In so doing, the contributors to the book assess which of the available models, 'Chancellor democracy' or 'coordination democracy', provides the most useful analytical framework for understanding the office and its incumbents. The authors provide a detailed examination of the parameters of executive leadership in Germany, examining the constitutional framework (Southern); Chancellor-party relations (Padgett); executive management (Sturm); the role of the Chancellor's Office (Muller-Rommel); the Chancellor in foreign policy and policy-making (Paterson); and his relations with organised interests (Abromeit). The book ends with an historical interpretation of the changingparameters of Chancellor authority.

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