The rise of Germany's Party of Democratic Socialism

Regionalised pluralism’ in the federal republic

Bibliographic Data

ID6408078
AuthorsDavid F Patton (Connecticut College, corresponding author), David Patton (0000-0003-1801-0189)
Year2000
Volume23
Issue1
Pages144-160
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402380008425356
OpenAlexW2061283423
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

This article considers if an emerging ‘polarised pluralism’ in the German party system explains the recent electoral fortunes of the Party of Democratic Socialism. While it finds that this approach usefully focuses attention on the dynamics of party competition in unified Germany, it nonetheless concludes that the conditions for polarised pluralism are not satisfied in Germany. In place of a ‘polarised pluralism’, this article suggests that a ‘regionalised pluralism’ better explains the rise of the PDS. The key components of regionalised pluralism, its comparative scope and its implications for party politics in Germany are considered

Communism · Democracy · Epistemology · German · Law and economics · Pluralism (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · Law · Philosophy

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