The Conditions of Democracy in Europe 1919-39: Systematic Case Studies

Why did democracy survive in some European countries between the wars while fascism or authoritarianism emerged elsewhere? This innovative study approaches this question through the comparative analysis of the inter-war experience of eighteen countries within a common comprehensive analytical framework. It combines (social and economic) structure- and (political) actor-related aspects to provide detailed historical accounts of each case which serve as background information for the systematic testing of major theories of fascism and democracy.

Author: D. Berg-Schlosser
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 02/24/2000
Pages: 503
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.31d
ISBN: 9780333648285

About the Author
DIRK BERG-SCHLOSSER is Professor of Political Science at Phillipps University in Marburg, Germany. He has taught at the Universities of Munich, Aachen, Nairobi, Augsburg, Eichstätt and Marburg. His publications include Tradition and Change in Kenya, Political Stability and Development (with Rainer Siegler) and Political Culture in Germany (with Ralf Rytlewski).

JEREMY MITCHELL is Lecturer in Government, The Open University, Milton Keynes, in England and was previously Junior Research Fellow in Politics at Jesus College, Oxford. He is the co-author of Returning Key Thinkers?

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