Turner, Ed, Vampa, Davide and Scantamburlo, Matthias (2022). From Zero to Hero?:The Rise of Olaf Scholz and the SPD. German Politics and Society, 40 (3), pp. 127-147.
Abstract
Germany’s Social Democratic Party, the spd, was in government between 2013 and 2021, but until just weeks before the federal election of 2021, its electoral prospects seemed poor. The party was able to turn things around and surge, in the final period of the campaign, to a remarkable victory. This article sets out structural challenges faced by social democrats in Europe in general and in Germany in particular, focusing on policies and voters, coalition politics, and questions about party organization. It argues that in each area, the spd, with a mixture of sound strategic choices and good fortune, was to some extent able to extricate itself from the challenges it faced, and that its success owed much to the peculiarities of the 2021 election.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3167/gps.2022.400307 |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Politics, History and International Relations College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Aston Centre for Europe |
Additional Information: | This is a post–peer-review, precopyedited version of an article published in German Politics and Society. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Turner, E., Vampa, D., & Scantamburlo, M. (2022). From Zero to Hero?, German Politics and Society, 40(3), 127-147. Retrieved Oct 26, 2022, is available online at: https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/gps/40/3/gps400307.xml.” Copyright under CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 License |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | coalitions,party organization,political parties,social democracy,Social Democratic Party,2021 federal election,Cultural Studies,History,Sociology and Political Science |
Publication ISSN: | 1045-0300 |
Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2024 09:34 |
Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2023 13:25 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2022-09-01 |
Accepted Date: | 2022-09-01 |
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Turner, Ed
(![]() Vampa, Davide ( ![]() Scantamburlo, Matthias |
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