Pepijn Corduwener

The Problem of Democracy in Postwar Europe

Political Actors and the Formation of the Postwar Model of Democracy in France, West Germany and Italy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a comparative study of political ideas on democracy postwar Western Europe, arguing that until the end of the 1970s, political actors were deeply divided in their conceptions of democracy. In this way, the book traces the historical roots of the contemporary sentiment of democratic crisis, by showing how the postwar model of democracy was formed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781138690639
• ISBN-10: 1138690635
• Artikelnr.: 45791691

Autorenporträt

Pepijn Corduwener is an Assistant Professor in History at Utrecht University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Transforming Democracy After the Second World War
2. Contesting Democratic Legitimacy During the Cold War
3. Converging Conceptions of Democracy at the Turn of the 1960s
4. Political Elites and the Challenge to the Parliamentary Model
5. Democracy Between Crisis and Consensus After the 1973 Oil Crisis
Conclusion