Adenauer and the Cdu: The Rise of the Leader and the Integration of the Party

ISBN-13: 9789401181693 / Angielski / Miękka / 1960 / 259 str.

Arnold J. Heidenheimer

Opis

This is a study in the reestablishment of de mocratic party politics in divided and occupied Germany after the downfall of the National Socialist tyranny. Its subject is the growth of the Christian Democratic Union and the rise to power of its leader, Konrad Adenauer. Closely associated with the success of the German Federal Republic in achieving prosperity, political and military power and the status of an ally of the Western powers, the CDU has yet been the subject of widely varying evaluations. Like the regime with which it is associated, it suffers from the fact that for many observers admiration for some German post-war achievements is mixed with residual distrust and skepticism. In addition, understanding of the CDU has been handicapped by confused images of the forces it represents, lack of knowledge about its internal organization, and the overwhelming position which its leader has achieved in recent years. To observers both in Germany and abroad the dominant Chancellor and party leader appears to overshadow both party and government with the result that the 1950'S, the vital period of German reconstruction, has already been labelled the Adenauer Decade."

Spis treści

I. Introduction: Perspectives on Origins and Context.- A. German Political Systems and the Problem of Party Leadership.- B. The Growth of Christian Democratic Parties in Europe.- C. Prolegomena to the Study of Post-War German Parties.- Party Formation and Initial Organization 1945–1946.- II. The CDU’s Emergence in Occupied Germany.- A. Christian Union, the New Departure.- B. Regional Foundings, Diverse Accents.- C. The Plethora of Programs and Tendencies.- D. ‘Old’ Leaders for a ‘New’ Party?.- III. Competing Zonal Leaders and Organizations.- A. Konrad Adenauer and the British Zonal Council.- B. Jakob Kaiser and the Berlin Executive.- C. The South German Federalists and the Bavarian CSU.- Policy Conflicts and Party Integration 1947.- IV. Patriotic Priority: All-German Faith or West-German Fact?.- A. The East-West Split and an Ersatz Party Organization.- B. Zonal Animosities and CDU Administrators.- C. The Eclipse of the ‘Unification First’ Policy.- V. Economic Policy: Planned Economy or Free Market?.- A. The Rise and Fall of Christian Socialism.- B. The Ahlen Program and the Nationalisation Issue.- C. Bizonia, Crucible of Neo-Liberalism.- D. The CDU Adopts Erhard’s Free Market Policy.- VI. Coalition Policy, Federalism and the Basic Law.- A. Adenauer and Schumacher Mold CDU-SPD Hostility.- B. The CDU Land Chairmen Hold Out for Concessions.- C. The Bundesrat Issue and Party Strategy in the Parliamentary Council.- D. The National Party Leaders Display Their Power.- VII. Adenauer as Chancellor and Party Leader 1950–1959.- A. The ‘Coronation’: Adenauer forms His Governament.- B. The ‘Dukes’: The Submission of the Regional CDU Leaders.- C. The ‘Court’: Formation of the Federal Party Organization.- D. The ‘Whip’: Foreign Policy and Party Discipline.- VIII. Conclusion: Adenauers’s Party Leadership and the Reconstruction of Germany.