1st Edition

The Spd And The Challenge Of Mass Politics The Dilemma Of The German Volkspartei

By Diane L Parness Copyright 1991
    194 Pages
    by Routledge

    204 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book examines the inner dynamics of one of the most significant social democratic parties in Europe and weighs the causes and effects of the policies that have shaped its chequered post-war course. At a time when political developments in Europe command a hard look at options for the future, no party's post-war history offers more cogent lesso

    Preface -- The Dilemma of the Volkspartei -- The Godesberg Program: Origins and Implications -- Challenge from the Left: APO, the Buergerinitiativen, and the Greens -- Hesse: The Reluctant Majority -- Conclusion

    Biography

    D. L. Parness