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War and democracy : labor and the politics of peace /

"Through a study of the mobilization of the Italian and British labor movements during World War I, this book explores whether war advances democracy. It explains why Italy descended into fascism and Britain made minimal democratic advances" --

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kier, Elizabeth, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2021.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mobilizing labor for war and its implications for democracy
  • Disciplining Italian labor
  • Managing British labor
  • Choosing a mobilization strategy: a counterfactual analysis
  • Italian labor's radicalization
  • British labor's moderation
  • Explaining compliance and revenge, and the rise of Italian fascism
  • Revisiting conventional explanations, and the failure of British reform
  • Bringing the politics of war into the politics of peace