The making of the Democratic Party in Europe, 1860-1890 / Anne Heyer.
2022
JN94.A979 H49 2022
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Title
The making of the Democratic Party in Europe, 1860-1890 / Anne Heyer.
Author
Heyer, Anne, author.
ISBN
9783030877484 (electronic bk.)
3030877485 (electronic bk.)
9783030877477
3030877477
3030877485 (electronic bk.)
9783030877477
3030877477
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-87748-4 doi
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JN94.A979 H49 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
324.209409034
Summary
This book analyses the emergence of modern parties in nineteenth-century Europe and explores their connection with the slowly developing institution of democracy. The close relationship between party and democracy was established by the founders of the first modern parties who presented themselves as representatives of the people. Focusing on the ideas and practices of party founders, this book moves away from the traditional view that party formation was the result of industrialisation. It instead shows that the response of party founders was to frame and establish the modern party as an alternative to existing models of political representation, and one that was characterised by popular participation.In order to mobilize their followers, party founders gave new meaning to existing structures and developed new practices of political organization. The result was the creation of organizations that continue to shape the history of modern democracy. Exploring the foundation of three political parties: the German Social Democratic Workers Party (SDAP); the Dutch Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP); and the British National Liberal Federation, the author analyses the phenomenon of innovative party formation in nineteenth-century Europe, before the democratic mass-membership party had become a widely accepted concept. Taking a transnational and comparative approach, this book illustrates the decisive role of party founders in the formation of modern democracy, making it an essential read for anyone researching the history of democracy and political parties.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Palgrave studies in political history.
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Making of the Democratic Party in Europe, 1860-1890.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. A New Perspective on Party Emergence
3. The Issue of Education: How the Association became Party
4. Making the Party
5. Mobilising and Disciplining: The Relationship between Leaders and the Masses
6. The Role of Elections
7. Conclusion.
2. A New Perspective on Party Emergence
3. The Issue of Education: How the Association became Party
4. Making the Party
5. Mobilising and Disciplining: The Relationship between Leaders and the Masses
6. The Role of Elections
7. Conclusion.