Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Tables ix
4. Contributors x
5. Introduction xi
6. Chapter 1: Germany and the Comparative Political Party Experience 1
7. Chapter 2: The Evolution and Transformation of the German Party System 30
8. Chapter 3: The German Party State 62
9. Chapter 4: Unification and the Changing Fortunes of Germany’s Parties of the Far Right 99
10. Chapter 5: Green Trumps Red? 133
11. Chapter 6: The Major Parties 160
12. Chapter 7: Agents of Democratization and Unification 179
13. Chapter 8: Institutional Elasticity in a Changing Political Order 207
14. Bibliography 234
15. Index 262