Description du produit
- Catégories: Avril 2019, Gouvernance & Politique, Théorie Politique
- Editeur: OUP - Oxford University Press
- ISBN: 9780199373192
- Date de publication: 25/04/2019
- Reliure : Broché
- Nombre de page : 560
- Langue: Anglais
Résumé
At the end of the twentieth century, many believed the story of European
political development had come to an end. Modern democracy began in
Europe, but for hundreds of years it competed with various forms of
dictatorship. Now, though, the entire continent was in the democratic
camp for the first time in history. But within a decade, this story had
already begun to unravel. Some of the continent's newer democracies slid
back towards dictatorship, while citizens in many of its older
democracies began questioning democracy's functioning and even its
legitimacy.And of course it is not merely in Europe where democracy is
under siege. Across the globe the immense optimism accompanying the
post-Cold War democratic wave has been replaced by pessimism. Many new
democracies in Latin America, Africa and Asia began "backsliding," while
the Arab Spring quickly turned into the Arab winter. The victory of
Donald Trump led many to wonder if it represented a threat to the future
of liberal democracy in the united states. Indeed, it is increasingly
common today for leaders, intellectuals, commentators and others to
claim that rather than democracy, some form dictatorship or illiberal
democracy is the wave of the future.
In Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe,
Sheri Berman traces the long history of democracy in its cradle,
Europe. She explains that in fact, just about every democratic wave in
Europe initially failed, either collapsing in upon itself or succumbing
to the forces of reaction. Yet even when democratic waves failed, there
were always some achievements that lasted. Even the most virulently
reactionary regimes could not suppress every element of democratic
progress. Panoramic in scope, Berman takes readers through two centuries
of turmoil: revolution, fascism, civil war, and-finally-the emergence
of liberal democratic Europe in the postwar era.
A magisterial retelling of modern European political history, Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe
not explains how democracy actually develops, but how we should
interpret the current wave of illiberalism sweeping Europe and the rest
of the world.
Table des matières
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