The Party of Democratic Socialism is wrongly stigmatized as
polarizing German politics on the left. In fact, Oswald argues, the
PDS is East Germany's contribution to the regionalized pluralism of
united Germany's party system. Although initially marginalized as
the successor of East Germany's SED, the PDS legitimized itself by
combining eastern regionalism, a left-socialist identity, and
political ambition. The PDS has become an acceptable partner in
center-left parties in eastern state governments, in stark contrast
to its continuing irrelevance in West Germany. While its earlier
exclusion was justified by portraying the PDS as crypto-communist,
the integration strategies of the late 1990s were supported by
modernization theorists recognizing the party's contribution to the
integration of post-unification Germany.
An executive summary of the first decade of post-unification
German politics, Oswald's book offers a precise interpretation of
the learning processes within the PDS. It also provides a close
analysis of the disputes within the PDS characterizing the party as
a political subculture in which East Germans could come to terms
with the ruptures of their history and their biographies while at
the same time finding a role in the politics and society of united
Germany.
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