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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bernhard, Michael H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2005.
©2005
Series:Series in Russian and East European studies.
University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions.
University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Democracy > Germany > History.
Democracy > Poland > History.
Constitutional history > Germany.
Constitutional history > Poland.
Démocratie > Allemagne > Histoire.
Démocratie > Pologne > Histoire.
Histoire constitutionnelle > Pologne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Constitutional history.
Democracy.
Politics and government
Democratie.
Politieke instellingen.
Politieke cultuur.
Germany > Politics and government > 20th century.
Poland > Politics and government > 20th century.
Allemagne > Histoire constitutionnelle.
Pologne > Histoire constitutionnelle.
Allemagne > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Pologne > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Germany.
Poland.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Institutional choice and democratic survival in new democracies
  • Weimar Germany : defective institutional choice
  • Interwar Poland : institutional choice by imposition
  • The Federal Republic of Germany : learning from history
  • Postcommunist Poland : institutional choice as an extended process.

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