Description: Further DetailsTitle: Democracy and Dictatorship in EuropeCondition: NewEAN: 9780197539347ISBN: 9780197539347Publisher: Oxford University Press IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/12/2021Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmItem Width: 31mmItem Weight: 782gAuthor: Sheri BermanLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: From the Ancien Régime to the Present DayISBN-10: 0197539343Description: A magisterial look at the development of various political regimes in Europe from the ancien régime up through the present dayAt 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 Across the globe the immense optimism accompanying the post-Cold War democratic wave has been replaced by pessimism.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.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe
Title: Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe
EAN: 9780197539347
ISBN: 9780197539347
Release Date: 04/12/2021
Release Year: 2021
Subtitle: From the Ancien Régime to the Present Day
ISBN-10: 0197539343
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 560 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe : from the Ancien Régime to the Present Day
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: World / European, Comparative Politics, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 1.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 27.2 Oz
Author: Sheri Berman
Item Length: 6.1 in
Subject Area: Political Science
Item Width: 9.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
