Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000Oxford University Press, 11 abr 2002 - 720 páginas Democracy in Europe has been a recent phenomenon. Only in the wake of World War II were democratic frameworks secured, and, even then, it was decades before democracy truly blanketed the continent. Neither given nor granted, democracy requires conflict, often violent confrontations, and challenges to the established political order. In Europe, Geoff Eley convincingly shows, democracy did not evolve organically out of a natural consensus, the achievement of prosperity, or the negative cement of the Cold War. Rather, it was painstakingly crafted, continually expanded, and doggedly defended by varying constellations of socialist, feminist, Communist, and other radical movements that originally blossomed in the later nineteenth century. Parties of the Left championed democracy in the revolutionary crisis after World War I, salvaged it against the threat of fascism, and renewed its growth after 1945. They organized civil societies rooted in egalitarian ideals which came to form the very fiber of Europe's current democratic traditions. The trajectories of European democracy and the history of the European Left are thus inextricably bound together. Geoff Eley has given us the first truly comprehensive history of the European Left--its successes and failures; its high watermarks and its low tides; its accomplishments, insufficiencies, and excesses; and, most importantly, its formative, lasting influence on the European political landscape. At a time when the Left's influence and legitimacy are frequently called into question, Forging Democracy passionately upholds its vital contribution. |
Índice
Democracy | |
WAR AND REVOLUTION 19141923 | |
8 | |
9 | |
Parties | |
Stalinism Welfare Capitalism and Cold War | |
1956 | |
FUTURE IMPERFECT | |
Democracy | |
Gorbachev the End of Communism and the 1989 | |
Conclusion | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
STABILIZATION AND THE WAR OF POSITION | |
The Politics of Retreat | |
Remaking the Nation | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000 Geoff Eley Vista previa restringida - 2002 |
Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000 Geoff Eley Vista previa restringida - 2002 |
Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000 Geoff Eley Vista previa restringida - 2002 |
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