| Title | : | The Social Construction of Democracy, 1870-1990 |
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| ISBN | : | 0814715087 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780814715086 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 456 |
| Publication | : | First published July 1, 1995 |
The recent revival of democracy across much of the globe, and the fragility of many of the new regimes, has inspired renewed interest in the origins of dictatorship and democracy in modern times. Assembling renowned specialists on Eastern and Western Europe, the U.S., Latin America and Japan, "The Social Construction of Democracy" explores the reasons for the success and failure of democracies over the past 100 years. With its sharp portraits of nations on four continents, George Reid Andrews and Herrick Chapman shed light on the historical process by which state institutions and social movements interact to create political systems based on the principle of popular sovereignty.
Contents:
The social construction of democracy, 1870-1990 : an introduction / George Reid Andrews and Herrick Chapman --
The origins of the Third Republic in France, 1860-1885 / Philip Nord --
Uncertain legitimacy : the social and political restraints underlying the emergence of democracy in Argentina, 1890-1930 / Daniel James --
Japan's first experiment with democracy, 1868-1940 / Richard J. Smethurst --
The social construction of democracy in Germany, 1871-1933 / Geoff Eley --
The two souls of American democracy / Richard Oestreicher --
From bureaucratic imperium to guardian democracy : the shifting social bases of Japanese political power, 1930-1960 / Gary D. Allinson --
Uncommon democracy in Mexico : middle class and the military in the consolidation of one-party rule, 1936-1946 / Diane E. Davis --
Race, equity, and democracy : African Americans and the struggle over civil rights / Earl Lewis --
Black political mobilization in Brazil, 1975-1990 / George Reid Andrews --
Modes of opposition leading to revolution in Eastern Europe / Gale Stokes --
The welfare state and democratic practice in the United States since the Second World War / Samuel P. Hays --
French democracy and the welfare state / Herrick Chapman --
Industrialists, the state, and the limits of democratization in Brazil, 1930-1964 / Barbara Weinstein --
Constituting political bodies in the Adenauer Era / Robert G. Moeller --
Democracy is a lake / Charles Tilly.
Contents:
The social construction of democracy, 1870-1990 : an introduction / George Reid Andrews and Herrick Chapman --
The origins of the Third Republic in France, 1860-1885 / Philip Nord --
Uncertain legitimacy : the social and political restraints underlying the emergence of democracy in Argentina, 1890-1930 / Daniel James --
Japan's first experiment with democracy, 1868-1940 / Richard J. Smethurst --
The social construction of democracy in Germany, 1871-1933 / Geoff Eley --
The two souls of American democracy / Richard Oestreicher --
From bureaucratic imperium to guardian democracy : the shifting social bases of Japanese political power, 1930-1960 / Gary D. Allinson --
Uncommon democracy in Mexico : middle class and the military in the consolidation of one-party rule, 1936-1946 / Diane E. Davis --
Race, equity, and democracy : African Americans and the struggle over civil rights / Earl Lewis --
Black political mobilization in Brazil, 1975-1990 / George Reid Andrews --
Modes of opposition leading to revolution in Eastern Europe / Gale Stokes --
The welfare state and democratic practice in the United States since the Second World War / Samuel P. Hays --
French democracy and the welfare state / Herrick Chapman --
Industrialists, the state, and the limits of democratization in Brazil, 1930-1964 / Barbara Weinstein --
Constituting political bodies in the Adenauer Era / Robert G. Moeller --
Democracy is a lake / Charles Tilly.
