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Defending Democracy: Reactions to Extremism in Interwar Europe
Giovanni Capoccia
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Description for Defending Democracy: Reactions to Extremism in Interwar Europe
Paperback. Given the rise of terrorism and the persistence of extremism in both established and new democracies today, continued research and dialogue on the defense of democracy are necessary for its preservation. Num Pages: 348 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
How does an established democracy deal with threats to its stability and continued existence when those threats come from legitimate political parties within the system? In Defending Democracy, political scientist Giovanni Capoccia studies key European nations between World Wars I and II which survived such democratic crises. He offers case studies of Czechoslovakia, Belgium, and Finland as success stories, as well as analyzes the two most well-known cases of European democratic breakdown-Germany and Italty. Capoccia alerts the reader to the need for continuing research on defending democracy and points out the rise of terrorism and the persistence of extremism ... Read more
How does an established democracy deal with threats to its stability and continued existence when those threats come from legitimate political parties within the system? In Defending Democracy, political scientist Giovanni Capoccia studies key European nations between World Wars I and II which survived such democratic crises. He offers case studies of Czechoslovakia, Belgium, and Finland as success stories, as well as analyzes the two most well-known cases of European democratic breakdown-Germany and Italty. Capoccia alerts the reader to the need for continuing research on defending democracy and points out the rise of terrorism and the persistence of extremism ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801887550
SKU
V9780801887550
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About Giovanni Capoccia
Giovanni Capoccia is a professor of comparative politics at the University of Oxford.
Reviews for Defending Democracy: Reactions to Extremism in Interwar Europe
A well-crafted study that sheds additional light on how and why democracy was not altogether submerged in the troubled interwar period. History: Review of New Books 2005 Defending Democracy is likely to spark fruitful discussion. Perspectives on Politics 2005 Capoccia's exploration is both informative and provocative... would equally benefit students and scholars of democratic government, interwar Europe and the survival ... Read more