Institutions and the fate of democracy :: Germany and Poland in the twentieth century /

As democracy has swept the globe, the question of why some democracies succeed while others fail has remained a pressing concern. In this theoretically innovative, richly historical study, Michael Bernhard looks at the process by which new democracies choose their political institutions, showing how...

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1. Verfasser: Bernhard, Michael H.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2005.
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Schriftenreihe:Series in Russian and East European studies.
University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions.
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Zusammenfassung:As democracy has swept the globe, the question of why some democracies succeed while others fail has remained a pressing concern. In this theoretically innovative, richly historical study, Michael Bernhard looks at the process by which new democracies choose their political institutions, showing how these fundamental choices shape democracy's survival. Offering a new analytical framework that maps the process by which basic political institu-tions emerge, Bernhard investigates four paradigmatic episodes of democracy in two countries: Germany during the Weimar period and after World War II, a.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 310 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303) and index.
ISBN:9780822972754
0822972751

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