Klyuchkovych A. Germany's Party System: a Politological Analysis of the Mechanism of Interaction between Governmental Bodies and Political Parties (1990-2005).

The dissertation deals with the problems of functioning of the party system in united Germany as well as with the mechanism of interaction between governmental bodies and political parties in 1990-2005. The political and legal analysis of modern party legislation in the Federal Republic of Germany is carried out, the main trends of the legal control of the political parties' activity are singled out, the peculiarities of the party-government interaction are determined. The thesis is also concerned with the role of parties in ensuring the functioning of the system of governmental bodies in Germany. The author determines the factors and the degree of influence of parties on the formation and functioning of the higher constitutional governmental bodies.