Left Conservatism: Sahra Wagenknecht's Challenge to the German Party System

Dostal, Jörg Michael

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dc.contributor.author	Dostal, Jörg Michael	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-09-10T10:51:30Z
dc.date.available	2024-09-10T10:51:30Z
dc.date.issued	2024	de
dc.identifier.issn	1467-923X	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/96529
dc.description.abstract	This article reviews the record of Germany's current coalition government consisting of the SPD, Greens and liberal FDP under chancellor Olaf Scholz, a member of the SPD. Since 2021, the coalition's failure to set a coherent policy agenda, permanent infighting and external challenges, such as the Ukraine war and immigration, have led to a dramatic decay in support for the governing parties. The opposition CDU/CSU has profited little from the government's weakness, while the rightist AfD rides high in opinion polls and elections. Conversely, Die Linke experienced a split in December 2023 when a group of its legislators - led by Sahra Wagenknecht, the former co-chair of the left's parliamentary group, decided to found a new political party, the 'Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht - Reason and Justice'. The article evaluates Wagenknecht's political discourse which aims to combine progressive welfare and conservative migration policies. It is suggested that Wagenknecht's 'left conservatism' is a promising electoral project filling a representation gap in German politics.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.subject.other	Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW)	de
dc.title	Left Conservatism: Sahra Wagenknecht's Challenge to the German Party System	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	The Political Quarterly
dc.source.volume	95	de
dc.publisher.country	GBR	de
dc.source.issue	4	de
dc.subject.classoz	politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur	de
dc.subject.classoz	Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Bundesrepublik Deutschland	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Federal Republic of Germany	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Parteiensystem	de
dc.subject.thesoz	party system	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Konservatismus	de
dc.subject.thesoz	conservatism	en
dc.subject.thesoz	politische Linke	de
dc.subject.thesoz	political left	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Koalitionspolitik	de
dc.subject.thesoz	coalition policy	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Opposition	de
dc.subject.thesoz	opposition	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wahlverhalten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	voting behavior	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-96529-3
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht-kommerz. 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0	en
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.13447	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	en
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