Party Politics in Germany: A Comparative Politics Approach (New Perspectives in German Political Studies)

Party Politics in Germany is the only English-language study of its kind and examines the phenomenon of party politics in the Federal Republic through comparison across time and space. It draws upon new data from the 2002 Federal elections and recent Land elections, as well as on a far more explicitly comparative literature than is generally found in single-country studies. The book not only sheds new light on political phenomena in Germany but also allows students of the comparative method to apply some of the key concepts, models and approaches with which they are familiar to the rich context of a single country study.

CHARLES LEES is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sheffield and Academic Fellow at the Sussex European Institute. He is Editor of the PSA journal Politics, Managing Editor of Journal of Common Market Studies, and a member of the Editorial Board of Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences. He is also Secretary of the Association for the Study of German Politics (ASGP) and a member of the Executive Committee of the Political Studies Association. His recent publications include The Red-Green Coalition in Germany: Politics, Personalities and Power (2000).