{"product_id":"forging-democracy-the-history-of-the-left-in-europe-1850-2000-9780195044799","title":"Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000","description":"Democracy in Europe has been a recent phenomenon. Only in the wake of World War II were democratic frameworks secured, and, even then, it was decades before democracy truly blanketed the continent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNeither given nor granted, democracy requires conflict, often violent confrontations, and challenges to the established political order. In Europe, Geoff Eley convincingly shows, democracy did not evolve organically out of a natural consensus, the achievement of prosperity, or the negative cement of\u003cbr\u003ethe Cold War. Rather, it was painstakingly crafted, continually expanded, and doggedly defended by varying constellations of socialist, feminist, Communist, and other radical movements that originally blossomed in the later nineteenth century. Parties of the Left championed democracy in the\u003cbr\u003erevolutionary crisis after World War I, salvaged it against the threat of fascism, and renewed its growth after 1945. They organized civil societies rooted in egalitarian ideals which came to form the very fiber of Europe's current democratic traditions. The trajectories of European democracy and\u003cbr\u003ethe history of the European Left are thus inextricably bound together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeoff Eley has given us the first truly comprehensive history of the European Left--its successes and failures; its high watermarks and its low tides; its accomplishments, insufficiencies, and excesses; and, most importantly, its formative, lasting influence on the European political landscape. At a\u003cbr\u003etime when the Left's influence and legitimacy are frequently called into question, \u003cem\u003eForging Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e passionately upholds its vital contribution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoff Eley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 6.08w x 1.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195044799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2002 pg. 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 698\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeoff Eley\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Michigan. He is the author and editor of many books on British and German history, including \u003cem\u003eReshaping the German Right: Radical Nationalism and Political Change after Bismarck\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40322451505267,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":84.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3149bb7f-7992-4925-95b1-57dae120e475.jpg?v=1659445974","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/forging-democracy-the-history-of-the-left-in-europe-1850-2000-9780195044799","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}