Party System, Social Structure, and Competitive Politics in West Germany: An Ecological Analysis of the 1972 Federal Election

Conradt, David P.; Lambert, D. W.

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“…Our analysis of debate effects will be based on a panel survey, 1 which puts us in the fortunate position of being able to examine attitude change across time. In order to provide the context in which the German debates took place, let us briefly review the setting of the 1972 election (Conradt and Lambert, 1974;Heidenheimer and Kommers, 1975: ch. 5;Kaltefleiter, 1973;and Kaase, 1973).…”

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Candidates on Television: The 1972 Electoral Debates in West Germany

Baker

Norpoth

1981

Public Opinion Quarterly

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Hence, before drawing any general conclusions about either the optimum conditions for debates or the consequences of such electoral contests for political learning, voting decisions, rational voting, or attitudes toward the political system, it would seem appropriate and useful to evaluate their function and effects in non-American contexts. This paper focuses on the 1972 election in the Federal Republic of Germany, a country which recent research indicates has changed Abstract This article explores the nature and effects of the campaign debates held in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1972. The findings indicate that the debates were bruising personal battles that emphasized issues and ethics. While they did not have any direct effects on either candidate perceptions or issue salience, there is evidence that the debates may have had some important indirect effects on the electorate's ultimate voting choices.

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Candidates on Television: The 1972 Electoral Debates in West Germany

Baker

Norpoth

1981

Public Opinion Quarterly

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“…Classical nationalists were accommodated by the formerly principal party of the state-party nexus, the CDU, which opposed Ostpolitik as a project betraying the cause of reunification and opening West Germany to communist infiltration (Tilford, 1975: 14;Clemens, 1989: 60). The result of this opposition along conservative-nationalist lines by a party that had until then been identified with the state's Western orientation was that in the 1972 elections fought over Ostpolitik the CDU absorbed the nationalist protest vote of the NPD (Conradt and Lambert, 1974). These elections were won by the SPD-FDP coalition, confirming the three parties' collective ability to absorb both the left-radical and right-nationalist threats to the legitimacy of the West German state.…”

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The Domestic Sources of Détente: State–Society Relations and Foreign Policy Change during the Cold War

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Martill

2021

Foreign Policy Analysis

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Research on foreign policy change claims leaders seek to restructure their country's foreign relations when internal and external opportunity structures are permissive. However, a number of prominent efforts at achieving change have occurred during times of considerable domestic upheaval and rigid international constraints. To understand why, this article examines three well-known cases of Cold War foreign policy change, focusing on the external relations of Charles de Gaulle in France, John G. Diefenbaker in Canada, and Willy Brandt in West Germany. These cases suggest that domestic upheaval and foreign policy change were inextricably interwoven and that efforts to effect strategic change on a grand scale were motivated by a desire to respond to the demands of marginalized domestic constituencies without incurring the costs of domestic reform. Our analysis suggests key moments of international change are best understood as domestic incorporation strategies rather than instances of significant and principled foreign policy change.

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“…Trudeau personalized the leadership around his own popularity and excluded party cadres, governing the country with assistance from technocrats (Bittner, 2018; Meisel, 1979). Appropriate parallels come from Tony Blair’s leadership of British Labour (Calise, 2000), the personalization of the US Democratic Party during the Roosevelt presidency (Milkis, 1985), the French Parti Socialiste in the 14-year-long Mitterrand presidency (Gaffney, 1989), how in 1960s Germany the Social Democrats’ electoral campaigns completely focused on Willy Brandt (Conradt and Lambert, 1974), and finally Indira Gandhi’s capture of the Congress party in India (Hardgrave, 1984).…”

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“Not To Be Taken Personally”: Tracing Six Decades of Scholarship on Personal, Personalist, and Personalized Political Parties (1960–2021)

Lioy

2023

Political Studies Review

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This article systematically examines the academic literature on personalism and personalization in political parties. Its comprehensive review uses existing studies to (1) demonstrate that personalism has a rich and complex history; (2) outline conceptual differences within the literature related to size, clientelism, internal organization, centralization, and mediatic image; (3) trace patterns of institutionalization and de-personalization of personal parties; and (4) evaluate existing empirical and methodological approaches to the topic. Finally, the conclusion advocates for the adoption of a clear research agenda and proposes conceptual, quantitative, and discursive alternatives to what has already been done.

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Party System, Social Structure, and Competitive Politics in West Germany: An Ecological Analysis of the 1972 Federal Election

Cited by 8 publications

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Candidates on Television: The 1972 Electoral Debates in West Germany

Candidates on Television: The 1972 Electoral Debates in West Germany

The Domestic Sources of Détente: State–Society Relations and Foreign Policy Change during the Cold War

“Not To Be Taken Personally”: Tracing Six Decades of Scholarship on Personal, Personalist, and Personalized Political Parties (1960–2021)

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