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.
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ISBN
9781108297950
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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