TY - BOOK AU - Allen,Christopher S. AU - Betz,Hans-Georg AU - Kreikenbom,Henry AU - Leslie,John AU - Markovits,Andrei S. AU - Phillips,Ann L. AU - Richter,Michaela W. AU - Seibel,Wolfgang AU - Silvia,Stephen J. TI - Transformation of the German Political Party System: Institutional Crisis or Democratic Renewal T2 - Policies and Institutions: Germany, Europe, and Transatlantic Relations SN - 9781571812865 AV - JN3971.A979 T72 1999 U1 - 324.243 23 PY - 1999///] CY - New York, Oxford PB - Berghahn Books KW - Comparative government KW - Congresses KW - Political parties KW - Germany KW - Political science KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties KW - bisacsh KW - History: 20th Century to Present N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; List of Tables --; Contributors --; 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782389590 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782389590 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781782389590/original ER -