The Social Democratic Party of Germany

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Heinrich Potthoffand Susanne Miller's history of German social democracy offers the général public an academic account of the historical development of social democracy and the SPD's conception of itself. The revised 2002 édition of this standard work now finally appears in English translation and has an additional chapter covering developments from 2002 up until the fédéral élections of 2005. The SPD is a party of long-standing tradition^ and has played a vital rôle in German history. Its influence has extended beyond the borders of Germany to Europe and the rest of the world.
In the first part of the book, Heinrich Potthoff traces the development of the social demoafetic labour movement from the middle of the nineteenth century Up to the colîapse of the national socia-list dictatorship in 1945. The second part, wiltten by Susanne Miller and covering the period from 1945 to the end of the social-libéral coalition in 1982, underwent a thôrough revision for the most recent Germati... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Heinrich Potthoffand Susanne Miller's history of German social democracy offers the général public an academic account of the historical development of social democracy and the SPD's conception of itself. The revised 2002 édition of this standard work now finally appears in English translation and has an additional chapter covering developments from 2002 up until the fédéral élections of 2005. The SPD is a party of long-standing tradition^ and has played a vital rôle in German history. Its influence has extended beyond the borders of Germany to Europe and the rest of the world.
In the first part of the book, Heinrich Potthoff traces the development of the social demoafetic labour movement from the middle of the nineteenth century Up to the colîapse of the national socia-list dictatorship in 1945. The second part, wiltten by Susanne Miller and covering the period from 1945 to the end of the social-libéral coalition in 1982, underwent a thôrough revision for the most recent Germati édition of 2002 and now also takes account of developments in the former German Démocratie Republic. In the third part, Heinrich Potthoff describes the development of the SPD from the long years m opposition, through an era of searching for fresh direction in a unified Germany, up to Gerhard Schroder's period in government.
In an additional chapter written especially for this English édition, Heinrich Potthoff has provided a resumée of the years in office of the red-green coalition, as well as of developments lead-ing to the formation of the grand, coalition in autumn 2005. This comprehensive study is supplemented by an up-to-dâte chrono-logy, informative graphs and tables and a selected bibliography. Vissza