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Democracy in Europe

Democracy in Europe

Canfora

Hardcover

Series: Making of Europe, Book 7

General Political Science

ISBN10: 1405111313
ISBN13: 9781405111317
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: Jan 12 2006
Pages: 308
Weight: 1.55
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.36
Language: English
This history traces the development of democracy in Europe from its origins in ancient Greece up to the present day.

  • Considers all the major watersheds in the development of democracy in modern Europe.
  • Describes the rediscovery of Ancient Greek political ideals by intellectuals at the end of the eighteenth century.
  • Examines the twenty-year crisis from 1789 to 1815, when the repercussions of revolution in France were felt across the European continent.
  • Explains how events in France led to the explosion of democratic movements between 1830 and 1848.
  • Compares the different manifestations of democracy within Eastern and Western Europe during the latter half of the nineteenth century.
  • Considers fascism and its consequences for democracy in Europe during the twentieth century.
  • Demonstrates how in the recent past democracy itself has become the object of ideological battles.

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