Party Politics in Germany

PART 1: GERMANY IN COMPARATIVE CONTEXT Introduction Why Compare? Rationale of the Study Book Structure PART 2: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CLEAVAGES IN GERMANY BEFORE 1945 Introduction Cleavage Theory The Lipset-Rokkan Model Germany in Comparative Perspective Summary PART 3: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CLEAVAGES IN THE SECOND REICH AND WEIMAR REPUBLIC Introduction Development of Political Cleavages in the Second Reich The Weimar Republic Summary PART 4: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CLEAVAGES IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC, 1945-2002 Introduction The Re-emergence of Political Cleavages, 1945-1949 The Federal Republic: 1949-1969 1969-1990: De-alignment and Electoral Instability Post-Unification Germany, 1990-2002 The 2002 Bundestag Elections Summary PART 5: PARTISAN IDENTIFICATION, VALUE ORIENTATION, AND ECONOMIC VOTING Introduction Partisan Identification Value Orientation Economic Voting Summary PART 6: STATE STRUCTRES, ELECTORAL SYSTEMS, AND PARTY SYSTEMS Introduction State and Administrative Structures Electoral Systems Party Systems Summary PART 7: POLITICAL PARTIES Introduction Problems of Establishing a Single Classificatory Scheme 15 'Species' of Political Parties: German Parties in Comparative Context Genus One: Elite-Based Parties Genus Two: Mass-Based Parties Ethnicity-Based Parties Electoralist Parties Movement Parties Summary PART 8: COMPETITION AND CO-OPERATION Introduction Political Competition Political Co-operation Summary PART 9: CONCLUSION Introduction Combining the German Politics and Comparative Politics Literature Applying Key Comparative Politics Concepts, Models, and Approaches Problematising the Trade-Off Between Depth and Breadth, Micro-and Macro-Level Explanation The Balance Between the Singularities of the German Sonderweg and the Commonality of Characteristics Shared by Germany and other Nations Finding a Consistent Theoretical Framework: Assessing the 'Political Marketplace' Metaphor Final remarks Bibliography Appendix: Tables and Figures