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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798136703321

Titolo

Transformation of the German political party system : institutional crisis or democratic renewal? / / edited by Christopher S. Allen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 1999

ISBN

1-57181-127-3

1-78238-959-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Policies and institutions ; ; volume 2

Disciplina

324.243/009/049

Soggetti

Political parties - Germany

Comparative government

Political science - Germany

Germany Politics and government 20th century Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers of two workshops held at University of California, Berkeley and at the American Institute of Contemporary German Studies, Washington, DC.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Transformation of theGerman Political Party System; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. GERMANY AND THE COMPARATIVE POLITICAL PARTY EXPERIENCE; Chapter 2. THE EVOLUTION AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE GERMAN PARTY SYSTEM; Chapter 3. THE GERMAN PARTY STATE; Chapter 4. UNIFICATION AND THE CHANGING FORTUNES OF GERMANY'S PARTIES OF THE FAR RIGHT; Chapter 5. GREEN TRUMPS RED?; Chapter 6. THE MAJOR PARTIES; Chapter 7. AGENTS OF DEMOCRATIZATION AND UNIFICATION; Chapter 8. INSTITUTIONAL ELASTICITY IN A CHANGING POLITICAL ORDER; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Using German political parties as a prism with which to view institutional change, this collection transcends a single country focus and places the German experience in a comparative and historical framework. Evaluation the performance of the German parties and party system in dealing with problems of integration and legitimation common to all industrialized democracies, it presents a sharp analysis of the effects and incompleteness of German unification.