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INSTITUTIONS AND THE FATE OF DEMOCRACY
GERMANY AND POLAND IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY |
| By: |
Michael H. Bernhard |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£25.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0822958708 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780822958703 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
25 April, 2005 |
| Series: |
Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies |
| Pages: |
340 |
| Description: |
Why do some democracies succeed while others fail? Michael Bernhard looks at how new democracies choose their political institutions, showing how these choices shape democracy's survival. He investigates Germany during the Weimar period and after World War II, and Poland between the world wars and after the fall of communism. |
| Synopsis: |
As democracy has swept the globe, the question of why some democracies succeed while others fail has remained a pressing concern. In this theoretically innovative, richly historical study, Michael Bernhard looks at the process by which new democracies choose their political institutions, showing how these fundamental choices shape democracy's survival. Offering a new analytical framework that maps the process by which basic political institutions emerge, Bernhard investigates four paradigmatic episodes of democracy in two countries: Germany during the Weimar period and after World War II, and Poland between the world wars and after the fall of communism. Students of democracy will appreciate the broad applicability of Bernhard's findings, while area specialists will welcome the book's accessible and detailed historical accounts. |
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Illustrations |
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US |
| Imprint: |
University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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