Bavaria and German Federalism details the struggle by successive Bavarian political parties of the pre- and post-Nazi period to shape the construction of the German state in a decentralized fashion. While the Bavarian Peoples Party ultimately failed to redraw the Weimar constitution to satisfy Bavarian particularist desires, the Christian Social Union assumed the federalist mantle after 1945 and largely succeeded in helping shape western Germany into a workable federal state.

Autorentext

D.R.DORONDO

Inhalt

Frontispiece - Preface - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - The Bavarian People's Party and Federalist Reichsreform 1918-1933 - The Rise of the Christian Social Union 1945-1946 - The CSU Government of Hans Ehard and the Federalist Campaign December 1946-June 1948 - Staking the Federalist Claim in Ellwangen, Frankfurt, and Herrenchiemsee March 1947-August 1948 - The Federalist Effort in Bonn September 1948-August 1949 - Conclusion - Bibliography - Endsheet - Index