Cargando…
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Pittsburgh :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
©2005.
©2005 |
| Colección: | Series in Russian and East European studies.
University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions. University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 310 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822972754 0822972751 |