
SPD Task Ahead: Enacting Communitarian And Cosmopolitan Values
What, in your opinion, is the historic position of the SPD in the German political system, and where does it stand now? It’s certainly an
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Wolfgang Merkel is Professor of Comparative Political Science and Democracy Research at the Humboldt University Berlin, Associate of the Sydney Democracy Network, University of Sydney and Director of Research Unit Democracy: Structures, Performance, Challenges at Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB).

What, in your opinion, is the historic position of the SPD in the German political system, and where does it stand now? It’s certainly an

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