UID:
edoccha_9959148235402883
Format:
1 online resource (204 pages).
ISBN:
3-11-049049-8
Series Statement:
Schriften des Historischen Kollegs
Content:
Transatlantic democracy in the 20th century - this concept goes beyond the idea of an American civilizing mission in Europe after two World Wars, and certainly beyond the notion of re-educating Germans, and making them fit for Western institutions after Nazism. As democracy is being contested anew in the beginning of the 21st century, a much more complicated landscape of democracy since 1900 emerges. Transfer was not a one-way-street, and patterns of conflict and transformation affected both American and European political societies. American democracy may not be reduced to a resilient defense of original traditions, while the narrative of German democracy is more than redemption from catastrophe. The essays in this volume contribute to a new history of transatlantic democracy that accounts for its manifold experiences and constant renegotiations, up to the current challenges of American and European populism.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Table of Content --
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Danksagung --
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List of Abbreviations --
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Beyond Resilience, Beyond Redemption --
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Political Democracy and the Shaping of Capitalism in pre-1914 America and Germany --
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“Democracy” --
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Pluralizing Democracy in Weimar Germany --
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How America Discovered Sweden --
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Clumsy Democrats --
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Discussing Democracy in Western Europe and the United States, 1945–1970 --
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Conflict as a Moment of Integration --
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Trajectories and Transformations of Western Democracies, 1950s–2000s --
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Populism (against Democracy) --
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List of Authors
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Issued also in print.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-049279-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-048970-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110492798