The ambiguous coalition in West Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6267555 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerhard Lehmbruch (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 181-204 |
| Publication date | 1968-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Government and Opposition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-257X • E-ISSN: 1477-7053 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1477-7053.1968.tb01333.x |
| OpenAlex | W1977488804 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
ON I DECEMBER 1966 THE BUNDESTAG ELECTED THE CHRISTIAN democrat leader Kurt Georg Kiesinger as head of a government formed by Christian democrats (CDU) and social democrats (SPD), by a majority of 340 (out of 496) members. The liberals (FDP), with 49 members, were pushed aside into opposition. For the first time since 1930 the social democrats entered a German central government, not as the result of an electoral victory but at the conclusion of an inner Crisis within the hitherto existing majority. The CDU whose prestige was badly damaged by this crisis continued to provide the chancellor. This helps to explain why some 60 members of the coalescing parties voted against the candidate. Public opinion oscillated between feelings of relief because of the end of a period of insecurity, and feelings of discomfort in view of an experiment which seemed unorthodox and hazardous. The disputes around the grosse Koalition (great coalition) thus revealed the ambiguity of conceptions of parliamentary government as they had developed since the establishment of the Federal Republic
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 2021 (50) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |