Conditions of Democracy in Europe, 1919-39: Systemic Case-Studies
Between 1918 and 1945 there were many changes in European politics - old empires disappeared and new independent political systems emerged. Over the same period most countries faced similar problems - the world economic crisis and the rise of new ideologies and new political movements. But the political effects of these varied, and this study looks at the following key questions: why did democracy survive in some countries but not in others? How were some political institutions able to contain or manage the crises they faced but others collapsed or underwent radical transformation? This book outlines a new approach to this problem through the systematic analysis of eighteen polities within a common analytical framework. What is innovative is the weight given to economic, social and cultural factors in explaining the survival of democracy and the origins of fascism as well as the systematic incorporation of a range of political factors.
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Conditions of Democracy in Europe, 1919-39: Systemic Case-Studies
Between 1918 and 1945 there were many changes in European politics - old empires disappeared and new independent political systems emerged. Over the same period most countries faced similar problems - the world economic crisis and the rise of new ideologies and new political movements. But the political effects of these varied, and this study looks at the following key questions: why did democracy survive in some countries but not in others? How were some political institutions able to contain or manage the crises they faced but others collapsed or underwent radical transformation? This book outlines a new approach to this problem through the systematic analysis of eighteen polities within a common analytical framework. What is innovative is the weight given to economic, social and cultural factors in explaining the survival of democracy and the origins of fascism as well as the systematic incorporation of a range of political factors.
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Between 1918 and 1945 there were many changes in European politics - old empires disappeared and new independent political systems emerged. Over the same period most countries faced similar problems - the world economic crisis and the rise of new ideologies and new political movements. But the political effects of these varied, and this study looks at the following key questions: why did democracy survive in some countries but not in others? How were some political institutions able to contain or manage the crises they faced but others collapsed or underwent radical transformation? This book outlines a new approach to this problem through the systematic analysis of eighteen polities within a common analytical framework. What is innovative is the weight given to economic, social and cultural factors in explaining the survival of democracy and the origins of fascism as well as the systematic incorporation of a range of political factors.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780312228439
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 06/02/2000
Series: Advances in Political Science
Edition description: 2000
Pages: 503
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

Dirk Berg-Schlosser is Professor of Political Science at Philipps University. Jeremy Mitchell is Lecturer in Government at The Open University.

Table of Contents

Introduction--Dirk Berg-Schlosser & Jeremy Mitchell
• Austria--Peter Gerlich & David Campbell
• Belgium--Gisèle De Meur & Dirk Berg-Schlosser
• Czechoslovakia--John Bradley
• Estonia--Toomas Varrak
• Finland--Lauri Karvonen
• France--Michel Dobry
• Germany--Folko Arends & Gerhard Kümmel
• Greece--Allan Zink
• Hungary--Gabriella Ilonszki
• Ireland--Allan Zink
• Italy--Marco Tarchi
• Netherlands--Frank Aarebrot
• Poland--Jerzy Holzer
• Portugal--Antonio Costa Pinto
• Romania--Stephen Fischer-Galati
• Spain--Walter Bernecker
• Sweden--Ulf Lindström
• United Kingdom--Jeremy Mitchell
• Conclusions & Perspectives--Dirk Berg-Schlosser & Jeremy Mitchell

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