POLI 212 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Nazi Party, Social Democratic Party Of Germany, German Democratic Party
17 Dec 2014
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11 the making of the modern german. 1871 otto von bismark unites separate states into united german nation-state: state formation: promotes economic growth germany lagged behind britain and. 1848 german democrats and liberals try to copy democratic french revolution: prussian state and authoritarian political culture too strong > free-market and revolutionary democratic movements violently suppressed. Party (spd: goals economic rights in workplace and democratization of political system. Aryan races: 1933 gain cabinet majority, demand more power > end of parliamentary democracy. A divided germany (1945 1990: occupied by four allied powers from 1945-1949, divided into federal republic of germany (frg) in west and communist. German democratic party (gdr) in east: german and allied officials reduced powers of central state in domestic politics, replaced by strong regional governments, west rebuilt party system parties were much broader, e. g. Merging of catholic and protestant forces into christian democratic.
