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Sozialstruktur und Parteiensystem in Deutschland 1912-1924
The social structure and the party system in Germany 1912-1924
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Abstract In nahezu allen historischen und modernen Wahl- und Parteienstudien gehen die Autoren von einem Zusammenhang zwischen der Sozialstruktur und dem Wahlverhalten bzw. der Entwicklung des Parteiensystems aus. Der vorliegende Beitrag versucht hier ein Lücke zu schließen, indem die Entwicklung der Parteie... view more
In nahezu allen historischen und modernen Wahl- und Parteienstudien gehen die Autoren von einem Zusammenhang zwischen der Sozialstruktur und dem Wahlverhalten bzw. der Entwicklung des Parteiensystems aus. Der vorliegende Beitrag versucht hier ein Lücke zu schließen, indem die Entwicklung der Parteienlandschaft in den Jahren von 1912 bis 1924 in Abhängigkeit von der Sozialstruktur rekonstruiert wird. Ein Vergleich der Wähleranteile mit sozialstatistischen Merkmalen zeigt, wie (in)stabil das deutsche Parteienwesen in dieser Umbruchsphase gewesen ist. Weiterhin wird gezeigt, in welchem Maße die strukturellen Größen Katholikenanteil, Industrialisierung, Verstädterung und Arbeiteranteil die Wählermobilisierung in diesem Zeitraum bestimmen. (pmb)... view less
'Since the industrial and democratic revolution the German parties were more or less anchored in the social structure. Following the leading interpretation, the German party system has been described as being determined by a remarkable degree of stability from 1871 to the end of the Weimar Republic.... view more
'Since the industrial and democratic revolution the German parties were more or less anchored in the social structure. Following the leading interpretation, the German party system has been described as being determined by a remarkable degree of stability from 1871 to the end of the Weimar Republic. This article examines the relationship between the social structure and the German party system in the restless period from the Kaiserreich to the Weimar Republic and adduces some doubts on the general stability-hypothesis. Using stable aggregate data for about 300 territorial units the development of the Conservative, Catholic, Socialist and Liberal parties in Germany at elections throughout the Reich from 1912 to 1924 are systematically compared with the distribution of important statistical data describing the social structure. It is shown that socio-structural variables determined the German party system at the end of the Kaiserreich and at the beginning of the Weimar Republic to a large extent. On the transition from the Kaiserreich to the Republic the relationship between some socio-structural variable and the political parties were stable whereas others changed gradually or abrupt. Thus there is reason to believe that the German party system 1912 to 1924 was not as stable as most historians and social scientists assert.' (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
voting behavior; political stability; Weimar Republic (Germany, 1918-33); social structure; German Empire; party system; revolution; election research
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Political Science
Method
empirical; historical
Document language
German
Publication Year
1992
Page/Pages
p. 53-102
Journal
Historical Social Research, 17 (1992) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.17.1992.1.53-102
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed