Institutions and the Fate of Democracy: Germany and Poland in the Twentieth CenturyAs 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 institu-tions 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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| 12 | |
Interwar Poland INSTITUTIONAL CHOICE BY IMPOSITION | 64 |
The Federal Republic of Germany LEARNING FROM HISTORY | 100 |
Postcommunist Poland INSTITUTIONAL CHOICE AS AN EXTENDED PROCESS | 169 |
Conclusion | 233 |
Notes | 251 |
References | 271 |
| 291 | |
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Institutions and the Fate of Democracy: Germany and Poland in the Twentieth ... Michael H. Bernhard Affichage d'extraits - 2005 |
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Page xiv - means" for the attainment of the actor's own rationally pursued and calculated ends; (2) value-rational (wertrational), that is, determined by a conscious belief in the value for its own sake of some ethical, aesthetic, religious, or other form of behavior, independently of its prospects of success...
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Developments in Central and East European Politics 4 Stephen White,Judy Batt,Paul G. Lewis Aperçu limité - 2007 |
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | Institutions and the Fate of Democracy: Germany and Poland in the Twentieth Century Series in Russian and East European studies |
| Auteur | Michael H. Bernhard |
| Édition | réimprimée |
| Éditeur | University of Pittsburgh Pre, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0822972751, 9780822972754 |
| Longueur | 328 pages |
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