Alternatives To Democracy In Twentieth Century Europe
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Author |
: Sabrina P. Ramet |
Publisher |
: Central European University Press |
Total Pages |
: 492 |
Release |
: 2019-06-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789633863107 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9633863104 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Alternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe by : Sabrina P. Ramet
Alternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe examines the historical examples of Soviet Communism, Italian Fascism, German Nazism, and Spanish Anarchism, suggesting that, in spite of their differences, they had some key features in common, in particular their shared hostility to individualism, representative government, laissez faire capitalism, and the decadence they associated with modern culture. But rather than seeking to return to earlier ways of working these movements and regimes sought to design a new future – an alternative future – that would restore the nation to spiritual and political health. The Fascists, for their part, specifically promoted palingenesis, which is to say the spiritual rebirth of the nation. The book closes with a long epilogue, in which Ramet defends liberal democracy, highlighting its strengths and advantages. In this chapter, the author identifies five key choke points, which would-be authoritarians typically seek to control, subvert, or instrumentalize: electoral rules, the judiciary, the media, hate speech, and surveillance, and looks at the cases of Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, Jarosław Kaczyński’s Poland, and Donald Trump’s United States.
Author |
: Jan-Werner Muller |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 473 |
Release |
: 2011-09-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300180909 |
ISBN-13 |
: 030018090X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Contesting Democracy by : Jan-Werner Muller
DIVThis book is the first major account of political thought in twentieth-century Europe, both West and East, to appear since the end of the Cold War. Skillfully blending intellectual, political, and cultural history, Jan-Werner Müller elucidates the ideas that shaped the period of ideological extremes before 1945 and the liberalization of West European politics after the Second World War. He also offers vivid portraits of famous as well as unjustly forgotten political thinkers and the movements and institutions they inspired. Müller pays particular attention to ideas advanced to justify fascism and how they relate to the special kind of liberal democracy that was created in postwar Western Europe. He also explains the impact of the 1960s and neoliberalism, ending with a critical assessment of today's self-consciously post-ideological age./div
Author |
: Jan-Werner Müller |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2011-07-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 8300113215 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9788300113217 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Contesting Democracy by : Jan-Werner Müller
Author |
: Martin Conway |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 376 |
Release |
: 2022-06-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691204598 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691204594 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Western Europe’s Democratic Age by : Martin Conway
A major new history of how democracy became the dominant political force in Europe in the second half of the twentieth century What happened in the years following World War II to create a democratic revolution in the western half of Europe? In Western Europe's Democratic Age, Martin Conway provides an innovative new account of how a stable, durable, and remarkably uniform model of parliamentary democracy emerged in Western Europe—and how this democratic ascendancy held fast until the latter decades of the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Conway describes how Western Europe's postwar democratic order was built by elite, intellectual, and popular forces. Much more than the consequence of the defeat of fascism and the rejection of Communism, this democratic order rested on universal male and female suffrage, but also on new forms of state authority and new political forces—primarily Christian and social democratic—that espoused democratic values. Above all, it gained the support of the people, for whom democracy provided a new model of citizenship that reflected the aspirations of a more prosperous society. This democratic order did not, however, endure. Its hierarchies of class, gender, and race, which initially gave it its strength, as well as the strains of decolonization and social change, led to an explosion of demands for greater democratic freedoms in the 1960s, and to the much more contested democratic politics of Europe in the late twentieth century. Western Europe's Democratic Age is a compelling history that sheds new light not only on the past of European democracy but also on the unresolved question of its future.
Author |
: Mark Mazower |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 509 |
Release |
: 2000-03-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780679757047 |
ISBN-13 |
: 067975704X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dark Continent by : Mark Mazower
An unflinching and intelligent alternative history of the twentieth century that provides a provocative vision of Europe's past, present, and future. "[A] splendid book." —The New York Times Book Review Dark Continent provides an alternative history of the twentieth century, one in which the triumph of democracy was anything but a forgone conclusion and fascism and communism provided rival political solutions that battled and sometimes triumphed in an effort to determine the course the continent would take. Mark Mazower strips away myths that have comforted us since World War II, revealing Europe as an entity constantly engaged in a bloody project of self-invention. Here is a history not of inevitable victories and forward marches, but of narrow squeaks and unexpected twists, where townships boast a bronze of Mussolini on horseback one moment, only to melt it down and recast it as a pair of noble partisans the next.
Author |
: Wolfram Kaiser |
Publisher |
: Leuven University Press |
Total Pages |
: 322 |
Release |
: 2021-12-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789462703070 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9462703078 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century by : Wolfram Kaiser
This book focuses on the political exile of Catholic Christian Democrats during the global twentieth century, from the end of the First World War to the end of the Cold War. Transcending the common national approach, the present volume puts transnational perspectives at center stage and in doing so aspires to be a genuinely global and longitudinal study. Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century includes chapters on continental European exile in the United Kingdom and North America through 1945; on Spanish exile following the Civil War (1936–39), throughout the Franco dictatorship; on East-Central European exile from the defeat of Nazi Germany and the establishment of Communist rule (1944–48) through the end of the Cold War; and Latin American exile following the 1973 Chilean coup. Encompassing Europe (both East and West), Latin America, and the United States, Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century places the diasporas of twentieth-century Christian Democracy within broader, global debates on political exile and migration.
Author |
: Maria Sophia Quine |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2017-06-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1138425419 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781138425415 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Population Politics in Twentieth Century Europe by : Maria Sophia Quine
Maria Sophia Quine demystifies the population policies of fascist regimes by looking at them in the wider context of how societies in general reacted to the profound economic changes brought by industrialization. Population Politics in Twentieth Century Europe: provides an original, comparative treatment of European population policies gives the historical background to twentieth-century population policies considers topics such as racism and sexism in Nazi ideology, Eugenics in England, family allowance schemes in France, and sterilization synthesizes the latest research in different fields and countries.
Author |
: Bryn Jones |
Publisher |
: Policy Press |
Total Pages |
: 298 |
Release |
: 2017-02-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781447331155 |
ISBN-13 |
: 144733115X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Alternatives to Neoliberalism by : Bryn Jones
In this collection, innovative and eminent social and policy analysts, including Colin Crouch, Anna Coote, Grahame Thompson and Ted Benton, challenge the failing but still dominant ideology and policies of neo-liberalism. The editors synthesise contributors’ ideas into a revised framework for social democracy; rooted in feminism, environmentalism, democratic equality and market accountability to civil society. This constructive and stimulating collection will be invaluable for those teaching, studying and campaigning for transformative political, economic and social policies.
Author |
: Timothy Snyder |
Publisher |
: Crown |
Total Pages |
: 130 |
Release |
: 2017-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780804190121 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0804190127 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis On Tyranny by : Timothy Snyder
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “bracing” (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” (The New York Times) “Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings.”—Masha Gessen The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come.
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Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 134 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:918442555 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Special Issue: The Politics of Democracy in Twentieth Century Europe by :