European Democratization Since 1800: Past and Present - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0333738942 ISBN 13: 9780333738948

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Riassunto

An historical and comparative analysis of democratization in Europe since 1800 which highlights the varied factors accounting for both its success and failure in the past, and its present prospects. Case studies are analysed from four key periods.

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L'autore:

JOHN GARRARD is Senior Lecturer in British history at the University of Salford. His publications include The English And Immigration: English Reaction to Jewish Emigration 1880-1910 and Leadership and Power in the Nineteenth Century Towns.

VERA TOLZ is Lecturer in Russian history and politics at the University of Salford. Her publications include The USSR's Emerging Multiparty System and Russian Academicians and the Revolution.

RALPH WHITE is Senior Fellow in the Department of Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford. He edited a volume on Resistance in Europe 1939-1945 and published chapters and articles on interwar Europe.

Contenuti:

Notes on the Contributors
Introduction
Liberal Democratic Theory: Some Reflections on its History and its Present; A.Oldfield
PHASE 1: The NINETEENTH CENTURY
Democratization in Britain; J.Garrard
Bearing the Stamp of History: the Elitist Route to Democracy in the Netherlands; R.van der Laarse
PHASE 2: BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS
Democracy and War; R.White
The Attempt at Democratization under Weimar; S.Berger
The Corporatist Challenge and the Overthrow of the Spanish Second Republic; A.Smith
PHASE 3: POST-1945
Restoration and Stability: the Creation of a Stable Democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany; M.Roseman
PHASE 4: POST-COMMUNIST EASTERN EUROPE
Post-Communist East Central Europe: Dilemmas of Democratization; T.Rakowska-Harmstone
Russia's Democratic Transition and its Challenges; V.Tolz
Insiders, Mafiosi and Stationary Bandits: Some Stories about Russian Capitalism; P.Hanson
Citizenship and Democracy; E.Teague
Democratic Destination: the Examples of Britain and Italy; J.Newell
Conclusions; J.Garrard, V.Tolz & R.White
Index

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• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0333738942
• ISBN 13: 9780333738948
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 304
• Redattore: Garrard J., Tolz V., White R.