Erfolgsfaktoren der CSU. Kompetitive Kooperation von Machtzentren als Bedingung fur Selbstregenerationsfahigkeit und Geschlossenheit

In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft: ZPol = Journal of political science, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 373-393

Abstract

The CSU is an exception in the German Party System. It seems that none of the typical developments in modern German party democracy apply to it. On the one hand, this is due to structural asymmetries in the Bavarian party system. The political culture as well as the social structure of Bavaria together with party-political, organizational factors & local issues work in favor of the CSU. However, even in Bavaria there is growing volatility among voters. On the other hand, the CSU's continuing strength rests on specific mechanisms of power preservation & the renewal of power, namely the competitive cooperation of the CSU power centers: the state government, party leaders, the CSU parliamentary party in Bavaria & its parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. 1 Figure, 49 References. Adapted from the source document.