Table of Contents

Introduction: political parties and the new Germany; German political parties before 1945. Part 1 The party systems of divided Germany: the party system of the Federal Republic; the East German party system. Part 2 The decline and fall of the SED-state: opposition in the DDR; the party system of the revolution; the establishment of a new party system in the DDR. Part 3 The party system of the new Germany: creating an all-German party system; the elections of October and December 1990; the consolidation of the party system in post-reunification Germany; Superwahljahr 1994; the German party system today.

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"Will not only be a welcome and useful addition to the reading lists of both A-level and undergraduate courses, but will also be of interest to anyone who requires a clear and relatively undemanding introduction to the subject of party politics in Germany . . . Roberts' analysis is generally spot-on and a massive plus point he avoids excessive political science jargon and other forms of academic obfuscation." German Politics