Democracy and dictatorship in Europe : from the Ancien régime to the present day / Sheri Berman.
2019
JN 8 .B47 2019 (Mapit)
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Title
Democracy and dictatorship in Europe : from the Ancien régime to the present day / Sheri Berman.
Author
Berman, Sheri, 1965- author.
ISBN
9780199373192 hardcover
0199373191 hardcover
9780199373208 updf
9780199373215 epub
0199373191 hardcover
9780199373208 updf
9780199373215 epub
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Language
English
Description
x, 545 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
JN 8 .B47 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.94
Summary
"In Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe, Sheri Berman traces the long history of democracy in its cradle, Europe. She explains that in fact, just about every democratic wave in Europe initially failed, either collapsing in upon itself or succumbing to the forces of reaction. Yet even when democratic waves failed, there were always some achievements that lasted. Even the most virulently reactionary regimes could not suppress every element of democratic progress. Panoramic in scope, Berman takes readers through two centuries of turmoil: revolution, fascism, civil war, and--finally--the emergence of liberal democratic Europe in the postwar era. A magisterial retelling of modern European political history, Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe not explains how democracy actually develops, but how we should interpret the current wave of illiberalism sweeping Europe and the rest of the world"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [409]-516) and index.
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Table of Contents
Questions about political development
The Ancien régime
English exceptionalism I
The French Revolution
1848
The French Third Republic
Italian unification
German unification
The struggle for democracy in interwar France
English exceptionalism II
The collapse of democracy and the rise of fascism in Italy
The collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of National Socialism in Germany
Political development in Spain
The consolidation of democracy in Western Europe
The transition to communist dictatorships in East Central Europe
The transition to democracy in Spain
The transition to democracy in East-Central Europe
Lessons from Europe.
The Ancien régime
English exceptionalism I
The French Revolution
1848
The French Third Republic
Italian unification
German unification
The struggle for democracy in interwar France
English exceptionalism II
The collapse of democracy and the rise of fascism in Italy
The collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of National Socialism in Germany
Political development in Spain
The consolidation of democracy in Western Europe
The transition to communist dictatorships in East Central Europe
The transition to democracy in Spain
The transition to democracy in East-Central Europe
Lessons from Europe.