Germany and FRG
- Created by: Katie Louise
- Created on: 19-05-12 14:22
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Political parties of the FRG
Christian Democratic Union
- Conservative christians and othe conservative groups
- committed to promoting capatalism
- became increasingly centre right, pro-business and pro-capatalism
- Dominated 1945-63 by Konrad Adenauer
Social Democratic Party (SDP)
- social reform, creation of fairer society
- successfully resisted attempts by the KPD to merge
- very different version of socialism to the SED
- unable to complete electoral success of CDU: fairly successful at local level 1946-48, party became divided over ideology, SPD changed tactics (social justice and freefom instead of marxism)
- promoted a state-regualted capatalist deocracy
Political stability due to dominence of CDU
- CDU won every election: 1949, 53, 57, 61
- partly due to the political success and wiles of Adenuer
- Weakness of only real opposition - SDP
- Basic law benifited large parties (5% hurdle)
Social Change
Affluence
- Consumer goods and car ownership
- on the increase
Women
- Wartime losses of men lead to greater role for women
- 'Trummerfrall'; rubber women vital to hard work of reconstruction
- womens efforts were not…
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