Nature of Gov Section B - Weimar vs. FRG Flashcards
1
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Structure - Change
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- WR:
- Democratic - power divided between President or Chancellor and Reichstag BUT president had significant power
- FRG:
- Democracy BUT Basic law designed to stop a democracy being undermined and removed opposition (article 21)
- Presidents powers limited.
- Both had coalition governments BUT made up of less parties in FRG as smaller extremist parties were banned.
2
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Structure - Continuity
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- Both democracies with power invested in the people.
- Weimar Constitution and Basic law both upheld freedom of Speech.
- Both had coalition governments
3
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Structure - Extent of Change
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- Both established as democratic governments
- BUT Basic Law of the FRG designed to prevent the rise of a dictator
4
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Administration - Change
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- Adenauer criticised for keeping ex-Nazis in the Federal and regional civil service
- Adenauer - controlling his own government ministers - removing popular self-government in favour of representative democracy
5
Q
Administration - continuity
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- WR - 18 Länder to control judiciary/education/police
- Länder re-instated under the FRG - kept power over regional issues.
- Both Federal states
6
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Administration - Extent of Change
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Continuity as Federal system was re-instated under the FRG
7
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Principles of control/freedom - Change
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- Weimar Constitution allowed for freedom of expression under the Bill of Rights.
- FRG - Basic Law - ensured that democracy could not be undermined - as a result more measures put in place to removed opposition seen to undermine democracy. –> Resulted to greater measures to make sure another dictatorship didn’t emerge
8
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Principles of control/freedom - Continuity
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Both had constitutions that upheld freedom of expression/ democratic principles
9
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Principles of control/ freedom - Extent of Change
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FRG’s attempt to prevent another Hitler emerging often meant that the gov resorted to repressive measures in order to prevent this.
