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- Out of the East: From PDS to Left Party in Unified Germany
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- LIST OF TABLES
- pp. vii-
- ONE: INTRODUCTION
- pp. 1-28
- TWO: THE PDS IN THE NEW GERMANY
- pp. 29-48
- FOUR: THE RISE OF THE PDS
- pp. 69-88
- FIVE: NORMALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
- pp. 89-118
- SIX: FROM PDS TO LEFT PARTY
- pp. 119-148
- CONCLUSION
- pp. 149-158
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- pp. 199-216
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438434513
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
710992251
Pages
238
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No