Record details

• ISBN: 0813323827
• ISBN: 9780813323824
• ISBN: 0813323835
• ISBN: 9780813323831
• Physical Description: xii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
• Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-203) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Political Parties: A Comparative Perspective. Historical Origins. Discord on Definitions. Classifying Parties by Competition. Other Classifications and Analyses -- 2. German Parties: A Historical Perspective. The Second Reich. The Weimar Era. The Third Reich. The Postwar Years -- 3. The Party State: Political Legitimacy. Rebirth of a Pluralist Party System. Constitutional Foundation. Party Finance. Electoral System -- 4. The Christian Democrats: Right of Center. The Occupation Years: 1945-1949. The CDU: 1949-1990. The CSU: 1949-1990 -- 5. The Social Democrats: Left of Center. The Occupation Years: 1945-1949. The Federal Republic: 1949-1990. The SPD in Power: 1966-1982. The SPD in Opposition: 1982-1990 -- 6. The Free Democrats: Keeping the Balance. Historical and Ideological Development. Organization. Membership and Voter Profile. Schisms and Coalition Switches -- 7. The Greens: Challenging the Establishment. The Antecedents of the Greens. The Launching of the Party.

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Subject:

Political parties > Germany > History.
Germany > Politics and government > 20th century.
Political parties.
Politics and government
Germany.

Genre:

History.