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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Ruch pokojowy w RFN (Friedensbewegung) w pierwszej połowie lat osiemdziesiątych XX wieku

Małgorzata ŚWider

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GermanPoliticsPeace movementProtestantismPolitical scienceSocial activitylanguageGeneral MedicineTheologylanguage.human_languageSocial democracyInternal conflict

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In the 1980s, the peace movement, which was mobilizing hundreds of thousands of people in protests against the double act passed by NATO in December 1979, was an integral element of the West-German political stage. It influenced the system of power and internal conflicts within the German Social Democracy (SPD), being the strongest opponent of the policy run by the government of Chancellor Schmidt. It also contributed to the formation of the Green Party and was the object of polemics within trade unions. Apart from that it provided a stimulus for debates of the ethical and religious character within the Catholic and Protestant Churches in the FRG. Lastly, it was the object of controversy and a symbol of social activity and force

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-06-15Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio K – Politologia
https://doi.org/10.17951/k.2017.24.2.137