Class party

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The class party as a type of party denotes a party that represents the interests of a certain social class and from this also recruits the majority of its members.

history

In the history of political parties, class parties emerged primarily as workers' parties in the 19th century. They were founded with the aim of gaining political power to advance the interests of the working class.

After the Second World War, the class party type in western industrial societies increasingly gave way to that of the people 's party . This change took place on the one hand through the successful appearance of new parties, on the other hand through a change in the former class parties with regard to the political goals represented as well as to the electorate and membership.

meaning

As mass parties , the class parties with a large number of voters and members played an important role in the expansion of democratic rights of participation in the 19th and 20th centuries and in the integration into the political system of classes that were previously excluded from political rule.

literature

• Nohlen, Dieter / Schultze, Rainer-Olaf / Schüttemeyer, Suzanne S. (Ed.) 1998: Lexicon of Politics. Volume 7: Political Terms , pp. 303–304.
• Rohe, Karl (1997): "Development of political parties and party systems in Germany up to 1933", in: Gabriel, Oscar W./Niedermayer, Oskar / Stöss, Richard (ed.) (1997): Party Democracy in Germany , Bonn : BpB, pp. 39-58.