Sheri Berman (Professor of Politica Professor of Political Science

Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe

From the Ancien Regime to the Present Day

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Produktbeschreibung

Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe examines the development of various political regimes in Europe from the ancien regime up through the present day. It analyzes why democracy flourishes at some times and in some places but not others and draws lessons from European history that can help us better understand the political situation the world finds itself in today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2019
• Abmessung: 241mm x 167mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 940g
• ISBN-13: 9780199373192
• ISBN-10: 0199373191
• Artikelnr.: 51386314

Autorenporträt

Sheri Berman is Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. She has written extensively on democracy, authoritarianism, populism, fascism, the history of the left, and European politics for both scholarly and non-scholarly publications.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Questions About Political Development
Chapter 2. The Ancien Regime
Chapter 3. English Exceptionalism I
Chapter 4. The French Revolution
Chapter 5. 1848
Chapter 6. The French Third Republic
Chapter 7. Italian Unification
Chapter 8. German Unification
Chapter 9. Interwar France
Chapter 10. English Exceptionalism II
Chapter 11. The Rise of Fascism in Italy
Chapter 12. The Weimar Republic
Chapter 13. Spain
Chapter 14. Rebuilding Western Europe
Chapter 15. The Transition to Communism in East-Central Europe
Chapter 16. The Transition to Democracy in Spain
Chapter 17. The Transition to Democracy in East-Central Europe
Chapter 18. Conclusion. Lessons Learned