Transformation of the German Political Party System

Institutional Crisis or Democratic Renewal
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-1-57181-127-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 497 g

Reihe: Policies and Institutions: Germany, Europe, and Transatlantic Relations

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allen, Christopher S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Germany and the Comparable Political Party Experience Sclerotic or Dynamic Institutions?

C. S. Allen

Chapter 2. The German Party System, 1850-1996

H-G. Betz

Chapter 3. The German Party State: A Reassessment

M. W. Richter

Chapter 4. The Major Parties: Dealignment and Realignment in Post-Cold War Germany

H. Kreikenborm

Chapter 5. Agents of Democratization and Unification: Political Parties in the New German States

A. L. Phillips

Chapter 6. Institutional Elasticity in Changing Political Order: The East German Non-Profit Sector and its Contribution to Political Integration

W. Seibel

Chapter 7. Unification and the Changing Fortunes of Germany's Parties of the Far Right

J. Leslie

Chapter 8. Green Trumps Red: Political Identity and Left-wing Politics in the United Germany

A. S. Markovits and S. J. Silvia

Notes on Contributors

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Allen, Christopher S.
Christopher S. Allen (1947-2011) received his Ph.D in Politics from Brandeis University. He was an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia where he taught courses in comparative politics and political economy.