%0 PDF %T Fundamentalism or Realism: The Future of the Greens in West German Politics %A Sevcenko, Catherine B. %8 2005-06-20 %I Tufts Archival Research Center %R http://localhost/files/1r66jb40s %X Volume 10, Issue 1. Winter The German Green Party is at a critical juncture in its political development. With enough political weight to influence elections, it faces a choice between its practice of total opposition to the established system or collaboration with that system to bring about change. In her article, Catherine B. Sevcenko compares the present dilemma of the Greens to that of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) at the turn of the century. Arguing that both parties have represented anti-establishment movements searching for a utopian ideal, she states that the path chosen by the SPD offers the Greens a model for political survival. In the end the SPD compromised its ideals and recognized political reality, and Ms. Sevcenko concludes that the Greens must also balance principle and pragmatism if they are to survive as a political party. %[ 2018-10-04 %9 Text %~ Tufts Digital Library %W Institution