West German Social Democrats, 1969-1982
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Author_Gerard Braunthal
Bundestag Fraktion
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Cold War European politics
CSU Member
CSU Opposition
CSU Vote
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FDP Vote
German political parties
Godesberg Program
intraparty democracy
labor movement history
Membership Assemblies
NATO Decision
NATO Plan
Parliamentary State Secretary
political power
postwar German party system transformation
Single Member District
social democratic party
social policy reform Germany
SPD Campaign
SPD Deputy
SPD governance analysis
SPD Leader
SPD Left Wing
SPD Loss
SPD Member
SPD Official
SPD Position
SPD Program
SPD Voter
State Secretary
West German
West German government
West German Party System
West Germany
Product details
- ISBN 9780367273743
- Weight: 589g
- Dimensions: 146 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 07 May 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The fall of the West German government in 1982 ended the 13-year rule of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) as the senior coalition partner under Chancellors Willy Brandt and Helmut Schmidt. In perpetual opposition from 1949 to 1966, the Social Democrats finally entered the government as the junior coalition party in 1966; three years later they assumed primary responsibility for guiding the nation. The central theme of this detailed examination of the SPD during its years of governance is that social and economic forces in the nation had a major effect, often unsettling, on the party at a time when it had achieved the pinnacle of political power. Significant changes in the party's organization, membership, leadership, factionalism, ideology, and voter support limited its role within the political system (in the executive and legislative branches) and its influence on domestic and foreign policies. Yet, its ability to remain in power for a comparatively long period attests to its strength and respectability among the voting public. Dr. Gerard Braunthal draws on a wealth of documentation, some unpublished, located primarily in German archives and libraries. In addition, he interviewed more than 120 persons, ranging from the top SPD leaders to staff officials, members, and other specialists, to gain a greater understanding of a party that is one of the most powerful in Western Europe and in the social democratic world, and whose organization has been a model of the twentieth-century mass party.
Dr. Gerard Braunthal is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
