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Out of the east : from PDS to Left Party in unified Germany / David F. Patton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patton, David F., 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political parties--Germany (East)--History.
- Political parties.
- Germany--Politics and government--1990-.
- Germany.
- Linkspartei (Germany)--History.
- Linkspartei (Germany).
- Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus (Germany)--History.
- Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus (Germany).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- The PDS in the New Germany
- Unification, Descriptive Representation, and the PDS
- The Rise of the PDS
- Normalization and its Discontents
- From PDS to Left Party
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438434513
- 1438434510
- 9781441687081
- 1441687084
- OCLC:
- 710992251
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