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The SPD in the Bonn Republic: A Socialist Party Modernizes

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  1. Harold Kent Schellenger

    1. San Jose State College, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-5

  3. Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. A Short History of German Socialism

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      Pages 9-31

    3. Ideological Development in the Postwar Period

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      Pages 32-56

  4. The New Program

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. How the Program was Adopted

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      Pages 59-92

    3. How the Program was Adopted (Continued)

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      Pages 93-110

  5. The New Leadership; The New Style

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      Pages 111-111
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    2. How the Guard was Changed

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      Pages 113-142

    3. How the Guard was Changed (Continued)

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      Pages 143-162

    4. The Evolution Completed

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      Pages 163-187

  6. Socialism in the New Europe

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      Pages 189-189
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    2. Conclusions

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      Pages 191-222

  7. Epilogue

    1. Epilogue

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      Pages 223-227

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 228-248
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On November 15, 1959, an extraordinary conference of the German Social Democratic Party adopted a new program, one which departed abruptly from the party's ninety-year tradition. One year later, on November 25, 1960, the party conference in regular session applauded the party's new "team," a group of personable candidates headed by Willy Brandt. In the fall of 1961, this team, with Brandt as chancellor candidate, led the SPD in a campaign based on the most modern techniques, many copied frankly from the American presidential campaign of the previous year. This three-fold change of program, leadership, and style was unlike any other in the party's long evolution. I t was the culmination of a conscious effort to adapt the party to chang­ ing times, an effort, in short, to modernize socialism. This development is of obvious interest to the observer of postwar West German politics. The SPD, oldest and formerly strongest of the German political parties, after 1949 became the second party in an essentially three-party system. As such it assumed the unhappy role of apparently perpetual opposition. Its escape from the role would depend to a large extent on the appeal of the new package offered the German voter. The success or failure of the party's effort of modern­ ization would thus greatly affect the subsequent course of German politics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • San Jose State College, USA

    Harold Kent Schellenger

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The SPD in the Bonn Republic: A Socialist Party Modernizes

  • Authors: Harold Kent Schellenger

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1041-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1968

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-015-0418-8Published: 01 January 1968

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-1041-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 247

  • Topics: Political Science

  • Industry Sectors: Engineering

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