This is the first book in either English or German to analyse the development of Germany's newest political party, the Left Party. It compares and contrasts the party's development with that of Germany's most well-known outsider party - the Greens. It also analyses the party's performance in office in two eastern German Länder.

Unification and the Fight for Survival Policies, Programmes and Personalities: The Post-1998 Left Party Aims and Ambitions: Policy, Office, Votes and the Left P ...