Developments in West German Politics

This book gives up-to-date assessments of key trends and issues in the Federal Republic with sufficient background analysis to make the treatment of the various topics accessible to those without detailed prior knowledge of German politics.

Part 1 The governmental system: structures of government, Gordon Smith; territorial government, Simon Bulmer; political leadership, Gordon Smith. Part 2 Politics and society: political ideology, Peter Pulzer; the German voter, Russell J.Dalton; the party system, Stephen Padgett. Part 3 Economic and social policy: economic policy, Kenneth Dyson; the politics of welfare, Steen Mangen. Part 4 Germany and the world: foreign and security policy, William E.Paterson; the European dimension, Simon Bulmer; inter-German relations, A.James McAdams. Part 5 Current issues: generation and gender, Eva Kolinsky; environmental politics, William E.Paterson; the trade unions, Andrei S.Markovits and Christopher H.Allen; public order and civil liberties, Gerard Braunthal; Germany in the 1990s, William E.Paterson and Gordon Smith.