This is the first book in either English or German to analyse the development of Germany's newest political party, the Left Party. It compares and contrasts the party's development with that of Germany's most well-known outsider party - the Greens. It also analyses the party's performance in office in two eastern German L?¤nder. Finally, the book also puts the merger between the PDS and the WASG under the microscope before speculating on the party's future prospects.
Author(s): Daniel Hough, Michael Koss, Jonathan Olsen
Edition: First Edition
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 224
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Abbreviations......Page 9
Introduction......Page 12
1 Unification and the Fight for Survival......Page 23
2 Policies, Programmes and Personalities: The Post-1998 PDS......Page 42
3 Aims and Ambitions: Policy, Office, Votes and the Left Party......Page 58
4 Haven’t We Been Here Before? Comparing the Left Party and the Greens......Page 77
5 The Left Party in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania......Page 95
6 The Left Party in Berlin......Page 110
7 The Left Party in Opposition......Page 126
8 From the PDS to the Left Party......Page 145
9 Conclusion......Page 164
Notes......Page 177
Bibliography......Page 206
E......Page 222
K......Page 223
S......Page 224
Z......Page 225
