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Sheri Berman - The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe´s Twentieth Century - 9780521521109 - V9780521521109
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The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe´s Twentieth Century

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Description for The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe´s Twentieth Century Paperback. This book examines the history of social democracy from the late nineteenth century to today. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
Political history in the industrial world has indeed ended, argues this pioneering study, but the winner has been social democracy - an ideology and political movement that has been as influential as it has been misunderstood. Berman looks at the history of social democracy from its origins in the late nineteenth century to today and shows how it beat out competitors such as classical liberalism, orthodox Marxism, and its cousins, Fascism and National Socialism by solving the central challenge of modern politics - reconciling the competing needs of capitalism and democracy. Bursting on to the scene in the interwar years, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521521109
SKU
V9780521521109
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About Sheri Berman
Sheri Berman is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. She was previously Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University. She has held visiting positions at Göteborg University, Sweden and the Remarque Institute and the Center for European Studies at New York University. She has also been a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in ... Read more

Reviews for The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe´s Twentieth Century
"In this fascinating book, Sheri Berman rewrites the ideological balance sheet of the twentieth century, making a powerful case that history ended with the triumph not of free market liberalism but social democracy. In emphasizing the variety of capitalisms and diverse paths that societies take, she makes us think differently about the past and the future. As ... Read more

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