Parties and party systems in the new Germany
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Parties and party systems in the new Germany
（Association for the study of German politics）
Dartmouth, c1993
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Description
This book examines the party landscape in the new Federal Republic, suggesting that, despite continuity in the composition of the party system, the potential for change and instability has increased significantly since unification. Party system change is addressed at both federal and state levels and each of the parties is examined against the background of the unification process. There is an analysis of voting behaviour in the all-German election of 1990 and in the longer term, showing a tendency towards electoral volatility. The book examines the formation of the party system in the eastern part of Germany out of the opposition of the old regime and assesses the potential for the consolidation of party democracy in the east.
Table of Contents
- Contents: Introduction: Party Democracy in the new Germany, Stephen Padgett. Party System Dimensions: The new German electorate, Stephen Padgett
- The first all-German elections, Hans-Joachim Veen
- Dimensions of change in the German party system, Gordon Smith
- The territorial dimension of the new party system, Roland Sturm. Party Perspectives: The Christian Democrats and the challenge of unity, William M. Chandler
- The Free Democratic party and the new Germany, Geoffrey K. Roberts
- Loosely coupled anarchy : the fragmentation of the left, Stephen J. Silvia. Eastern German Dimensions: The vanishing opposition: the decline of the East German citizen movements, Mike Dennis
- Concepts of party democracy in the East, Eva Kolinsky
- Index.
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