Jahrbuch zur Liberalismus-Forschung

Between 1969 and 1992/93, first Hans-Dietrich Genscher and later Otto Graf Lambsdorff did not only determine the policies of the German political party, the FDP (Free Democratic party), but through various functions and constellations also had a significant influence on German politics as a whole. The Jahrbuch zur Liberalismus-Forschung 29 (2017) (Yearbook of Research into Liberalism) focuses on the liberal character of these years from a variety of perspectives: A. Bresselau von Bressensdorf and M. Goertemaker examine the period from the perspective of foreign policy, D. Rigoll and St. Henne do so from the perspective of domestic and legal policy, and J. Angster concentrates on social policy, while E. Conze provides an overall assessment.

The subjects of the other ten contributions in the book are, among others, the theory of the party in the pre-March era (Ph. Erbentraut), the liberal businessman Richard Freudenberg (J. Scholtyseck), the social policies of the FDP from 1949 to 1969 (V. Stalmann), opposition from the LDPD (Liberal Democratic Party of Germany) in the GDR (M. Thoss), and the discussion on neo-liberalism and social market economy in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (P. Hoeres).