Out of the East : From PDS to Left Party in Unified Germany

Patton, David F.

State University of New York Press（2012/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 238 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781438434506
• DDC分類 324.24307

Full Description

Chronicles how the SED, a once villified political party, transformed itself into a viable national political party.

What happened to the ruling communist party of East Germany after the collapse of the Berlin Wall? The Left in Germany describes how the communist party's dissolution led to many of its core members founding a new party for a reuinified Germany. Over the last twenty years it has transformed many times, from the Socialist Unity Party to Party of Democratic Socialism to, finally, the successful Left party. Out of the East makes sense of these transitions, and reveals how a pariah party managed to survive and thrive in democracy.

Contents

Preface
List of Tables

1. Introduction

2. The PDS in the New Germany

3. Unification, Descriptive Representation,and the PDS

4. The Rise of the PDS

5. Normalization and Its Discontents

6. From PDS to Left Party

Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography