Abstract
Introduction - West politics - setting, actors, performances, Lewis J. Edinger. Part 1 West Germany's social and economic structure: continuity and change in social structure - why Bonn is not Weimar, Jens Alber West economic policy and performance - patterns, problematics, and prospects, M. Donald Hancock. Part 2 Voters and elites: changes in the West electorate - old and new politics, Russell J. Dalton West elites - cartel of anxiety, power elite, or responsive representatives?, Ursula Hoffmann-Lange socialism and democracy, 1890-1933, David Crew. Part 3 Political culture: from output orientation to regime support - changing political culture, David P. Conradt youth culture, socialization, and social structure - how youth has changed since the Adenauer era, Wendy J. Hoag on the margins of cultural discourse - intellectuals in Germany, Dagmar Barnouw the limits of political satire - cabaret in the Weimar Republic and the Federal republic, Peter Jelavich. Part 4 Policies in West Germany: two Germanys or one? the returm of the German question, Thomas A. Baylis Germany and foreign workers - testing Dahrendorfian conceptions of liberal democracy in Germany, Marilyn Hoskin guidelines for cutting budget pies in West Germany - incrementalist rules-of-thumb versus politically determined policy priorities, Robert C. Richards acid rain policy, Jurgen Schmandt.
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