Transformation of the German Political Party System
Subtitle: Institutional Crisis or Democratic Renewal? (Policies and Institutions, V. 2)
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: November 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781571811271
Subjects: Political Science; Political Parties; Political History; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Politics - Current Events; Political Process - Political Parties; Government - Comparative; Germany; History & Theory - General; Comparative government; Congresses
Description: "Using German political parties as a prism with which to view institutional change, this collection evaluates the German experience by situating the German party system in its historical and international context. In particular, the contributors reflect upon the evolution of German political parties, assessing their responses to the major political events of the past century.

In the final analysis this volume shows that German political parties, in "dealing with the problems of integration and legitimation," reveal the "incompleteness of German unification amidst continuing Europeanization" (from the Introduction)."--BOOK JACKET.