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Practicing Democracy: Elections and Political Culture in Imperial Germany
Margaret Lavinia Anderson
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Description for Practicing Democracy: Elections and Political Culture in Imperial Germany
Paperback. Shows how the sudden opportunity to "practice" democracy in 1867 opened up a free space in the land of Kaisers, generals, and Junkers. This book offers a reinterpretation of 19th- and early 20th-century Germany and engages historians concerned with the question of Germany's "special path" to modernity. Num Pages: 488 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 798.
What happens when manhood suffrage, a radically egalitarian institution, gets introduced into a deeply hierarchical society? In her sweeping history of Imperial Germany's electoral culture, Anderson shows how the sudden opportunity to practice democracy in 1867 opened up a free space in the land of Kaisers, generals, and Junkers. Originally designed to make voters susceptible to manipulation by the authorities, the suffrage's unintended consequence was to enmesh its participants in ever more democratic procedures and practices. The result was the growth of an increasingly democratic culture in the decades before 1914. Explicit comparisons with Britain, France, and America ... Read more
What happens when manhood suffrage, a radically egalitarian institution, gets introduced into a deeply hierarchical society? In her sweeping history of Imperial Germany's electoral culture, Anderson shows how the sudden opportunity to practice democracy in 1867 opened up a free space in the land of Kaisers, generals, and Junkers. Originally designed to make voters susceptible to manipulation by the authorities, the suffrage's unintended consequence was to enmesh its participants in ever more democratic procedures and practices. The result was the growth of an increasingly democratic culture in the decades before 1914. Explicit comparisons with Britain, France, and America ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
798g
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691048543
SKU
V9780691048543
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About Margaret Lavinia Anderson
Margaret Lavinia Anderson is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Windthorst: A Political Biography and has contributed widely to issues in German and European History.
Reviews for Practicing Democracy: Elections and Political Culture in Imperial Germany
An exciting and valuable addition to the historiography of modern Germany.
Choice Margaret Lavinia Anderson's study of electoral practices in imperial Germany provides the most compelling assault to date on the idea that the German political system encouraged authoritarian attitudes, values, and political practices... This is a powerful, challenging piece of scholarship...[It] mobilizes a breathtaking arsenal of sources and ... Read more
Choice Margaret Lavinia Anderson's study of electoral practices in imperial Germany provides the most compelling assault to date on the idea that the German political system encouraged authoritarian attitudes, values, and political practices... This is a powerful, challenging piece of scholarship...[It] mobilizes a breathtaking arsenal of sources and ... Read more