History A-Level
Party transformation and catch-all politics
What Party transformation and catch-all politics means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The SPD transformed from a Marxist-influenced workers' party into a catch-all party, which broadened its appeal.
Topics that use Party transformation and catch-all politics
- Paper 3, Option 37.2: Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited - 4 Establishing and ruling the new Federal Republic, 1949–60 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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