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Party Government and Political Culture in Western Germany

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Editors:
  1. Herbert Döring

    1. University of London (SSEES), UK
      Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, University of Mannheim, Germany

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  2. Gordon Smith

    1. London School of Economics, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Herbert Döring, Gordon Smith
    Pages 1-8

  3. Responsible Party Government in the German Political System

    • Peter Pulzer
    Pages 9-37

  4. The Rebirth of Democracy: Political Parties in Germany, 1945–49

    • Martin McCauley
    Pages 38-58

  5. The German Volkspartei and the Career of the Catch-All Concept

    • Gordon Smith
    Pages 59-76

  6. Party Government and Party State

    • Kenneth Dyson
    Pages 77-100

  7. Problems of Party Government in West Germany — A British Perspective

    • William E. Paterson
    Pages 101-115

  8. Institutional Structures and Political Culture

    • M. Rainer Lepsius
    Pages 116-129

  9. The Government/Opposition Dimension and the Development of the Party System in the 1970s

    • Geoffrey Pridham
    Pages 130-153

  10. Parties and the Conditions of Political Leadership

    • Nevil Johnson
    Pages 154-173

  11. The German Electorate: Old Cleavages and New Political Conflicts

    • Franz Urban Pappi, Michael Terwey
    Pages 174-196

  12. A Crisis of the Party System? — An Assessment

    • Herbert Döring
    Pages 197-219

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 220-227
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of London (SSEES), UK

    Herbert Döring

  • Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, University of Mannheim, Germany

    Herbert Döring

  • London School of Economics, UK

    Gordon Smith

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Party Government and Political Culture in Western Germany

  • Editors: Herbert Döring, Gordon Smith

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16713-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Herbert Döring and Gordon Smith 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-29082-8Published: 04 March 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-16715-9Published: 01 January 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-16713-5Published: 04 March 1982

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 227

  • Topics: European Politics

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