University Press of America
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978-0-7618-5774-7 • Paperback • December 2011 • $64.99 • (£50.00)
Lowell W. Culver has followed political developments in Germany for nearly half a century. He was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Hamburg and later a Fulbright exchange professor at the University of Oldenburg. In addition to this study on German elections, he has authored an historical novel on Germany in World War II under the title Journey Into Darkness and a number of articles and conference papers on such subjects as state and local elections, right-extremism, regional cooperation, and the German party system since reunification. As a member of the Chicago-Hamburg Sister Cities Committee, he has been responsible for the student exchange between Chicago and the Hansastadt since 1998. He and his wife share time between the United States and Germany, where they teach at two institutions of higher learning. Culver holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Southern California.
List of Tables
Preface
Glossary of German Political Parties
Introduction
Chapter I: The Creation of Länder
Chapter II: The First Land and Bundestag Elections
Chapter III: The First Elections Under the New Federation
Chapter IV: Elections in the Period of Christian Union Dominance
Chapter V: Party Stabilization and SPD Resurgence
Chapter VI: State and National Elections from 1965 to Reunification
Chapter VII: State and National Elections from Reunification to the Present
Chapter VIII: State and National Electoral Systems
Chapter IX: Elections and the Party System
Chapter X: State and National Governments in German Politics
Chapter XI: Reflections on German Elections
Appendices
Bibliography
Index