Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 427 pages)
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ISBN:
9781139030335
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Content:
How do democracies form and what makes them die? Daniel Ziblatt revisits this timely and classic question in a wide-ranging historical narrative that traces the evolution of modern political democracy in Europe from its modest beginnings in 1830s Britain to Adolf Hitler's 1933 seizure of power in Weimar Germany. Based on rich historical and quantitative evidence, the book offers a major reinterpretation of European history and the question of how stable political democracy is achieved. The barriers to inclusive political rule, Ziblatt finds, were not inevitably overcome by unstoppable tides of socioeconomic change, a simple triumph of a growing middle class, or even by working class collective action. Instead, political democracy's fate surprisingly hinged on how conservative political parties – the historical defenders of power, wealth, and privilege – recast themselves and coped with the rise of their own radical right. With striking modern parallels, the book has vital implications for today's new and old democracies under siege
Content:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Two patterns of democratization; 2. The old regime and the conservative dilemma; 3. From 1688 to mass politics: British democratization; 4. A virtuous cycle? Conservative strength and Britain's settled path, 1884-1906; 5. Averting a democratic disaster in Britain, 1906-1922; 6. Weak party conservatism and the case of Germany; 7. Stalled democratization in Germany before 1914; 8. The unsettled path: conservative weakness in Weimar Germany, 1918-1928; 9. A deluge: conservative weakness and democratic breakdown in Germany; 10. How countries democratize: Europe and beyond; 11. Conclusion
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Apr 2017)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107001626
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521172998
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ziblatt, Daniel, 1972 - Conservative parties and the birth of democracy Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017 ISBN 9780521172998
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107001626
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
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Ethnology
Keywords:
Europa
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Demokratisierung
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Demokratie
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Konservative Partei
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Geschichte 1830-1933
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Europa
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Demokratisierung
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Demokratie
;
Konservative Partei
;
Geschichte 1830-1933
DOI:
10.1017/9781139030335
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Author information:
Ziblatt, Daniel 1972-
