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Authoritarianism and Democracy in Europe, 1919-39

Comparative Analyses

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Dirk Berg-Schlosser

    1. Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany

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  2. Jeremy Mitchell

    1. The Open University, UK

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Part of the book series: Advances in Political Science (ADPOSC)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Dirk Berg-Schlosser
      Pages 1-4

  3. Historical and Social Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. The Heritage of the First World War

      • Jerzy Holzer
      Pages 7-19

    3. Building Nations and Crafting Democracies — Competing Legitimacies in Interwar Eastern Europe

      • Mark R. Thompson
      Pages 20-38

    4. Class Structure and Democratization

      • John D. Stephens, Gerhard Kümmel
      Pages 39-63

    5. Sources of Authoritarianism in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe

      • Stephen Fischer-Galati
      Pages 64-73

  4. The Social Arena: Major Forces and Actors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Organized Interests and their Patterns of Interaction

      • Allan Zink
      Pages 77-100

    3. The Role of Fascist Movements

      • Marco Tarchi
      Pages 101-128

  5. The Political Arena

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. Electoral Systems, Party System Fragmentation and Government Instability

      • Lauri Karvonen, Sven Quenter
      Pages 131-162

    3. Political Institutions and Political Stability

      • Jeremy Mitchell
      Pages 163-175

    4. External Factors

      • Gerhard Kümmel
      Pages 176-207

    5. The Impact of the World Economic Crisis and Political Reactions

      • Thomas Saalfeld
      Pages 208-232

  6. Overall Comparisons and Dynamic Analyses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233
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    2. Systematic Matching and Contrasting of Cases

      • Gisèle De Meur, Dirk Berg-Schlosser
      Pages 235-269

    3. Reduction of Complexity

      • Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Gisèle De Meur
      Pages 270-284

    4. Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis

      • Dirk Berg-Schlosser
      Pages 285-315

  7. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 317-317
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About this book

Authoritarianism and Democracy in Europe, 1919-39 offers a comprehensive analysis of the survival or breakdown of democracy in interwar Europe. The contributors explore factors such as the historical, social-structural and political-cultural backgrounds of the policies that European countries attempted to implement to counter the world economic crisis of 1929. The analysis serves as an important backdrop for the assessment of current democratic developments in former communist Europe and highlights some of the problems and risks involved in the transition process.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany

    Dirk Berg-Schlosser

  • The Open University, UK

    Jeremy Mitchell

About the editors

GISÈLE DE MEUR Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium STEPHEN FISCHER-GALATI Professor Emeritus, Bradenton, USA JERZY HOLZER Professor, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland LAURI KARVONEN Professor, Department of Comparative Politics, Abo Academy, Finland GERHARD KÜMMEL Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut der Bundeswehr, Strausberg, Germany SVEN QUENTER Former Research Assistant, Institute of Political Science, Marburg, Germany THOMAS SAALFELD Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, Canterbury JOHN D. STEPHENS Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill MARCO TARCHI Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Florence, Italy MARK R. THOMPSON Professor, Universität Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany ALLAN ZINK Former Research Assistant, Institute of Political Science, Marburg, Germany

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