German Democracy

Author : Alexander Gerschenkron
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801495865

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Bread and Democracy in Germany by Alexander Gerschenkron Pdf

A classic in its field, Bread and Democracy in Germany has been widely praised since its publication in 1943 for its account of German political and economic development. In his preface, Alexander Gerschenkron states: "The primary purpose of this study is to show, first, how, before 1914, the machinery of Junker protectionism is agriculture, coupled with the Junker philosophy... delayed the development of democratic institutions in Germany; and second, how the Junkers contrived to escape almost unscathed from the German revolution of 1918 and how this fact contributed to the constitutional weakness and subsequent disintegration of the Weimar Republic." Emphasizing the importance of the problem of German agriculture in its relation to democratic reconstruction, Gerschenkron asserts that "the political attitude of farmers in several European countries had a decisive influence on the fate of European democracy. Nowhere is this more true than in Germany. The German farmers bear their full share of responsibility for the advent of fascism in that country."

Author : Carl E. Schorske
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : History
ISBN : 0674351258

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German Social Democracy, 1905-1917 by Carl E. Schorske Pdf

No political parties of present-day Germany are separated by a wider gulf than the two parties of labor, one democratic and reformist, the other totalitarian and socialist-revolutionary. Social Democrats and Communists today face each other as bitter political enemies across the front lines of the Cold War; yet they share a common origin in the Social Democratic Party of Imperial Germany. How did they come to go separate ways? By what process did the old party break apart? How did the prewar party prepare the ground for the dissolution of the labor movement in World War I, and for the subsequent extension of Leninism into Germany? To answer these questions is the purpose of Carl Schorske's study.

Author : Donna Harsch
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807861929

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German Social Democracy and the Rise of Nazism by Donna Harsch Pdf

German Social Democracy and the Rise of Nazism explores the failure of Germany's largest political party to stave off the Nazi threat to the Weimar republic. In 1928 members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) were elected to the chancellorship and thousands of state and municipal offices. But despite the party's apparent strengths, in 1933 Social Democracy succumbed to Nazi power without a fight. Previous scholarship has blamed this reversal of fortune on bureaucratic paralysis, but in this revisionist evaluation, Donna Harsch argues that the party's internal dynamics immobilized the SPD. Harsch looks closely at Social Democratic ideology, structure, and political culture, examining how each impinged upon the party's response to economic disaster, parliamentary crisis, and the Nazis. She considers political and organizational interplay within the SPD as well as interaction between the party, the Socialist trade unions, and the republican defense league. Conceding that lethargy and conservatism hampered the SPD, Harsch focuses on strikingly inventive ideas put forward by various Social Democrats to address the republic's crisis. She shows how the unresolved competition among these proposals blocked innovations that might have thwarted Nazism. Originally published in 1993. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Author : Gert-Joachim Glaessner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781845208882

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German Democracy by Gert-Joachim Glaessner Pdf

When the former allies of World War II divided Germany into two provisional states, no one would have predicted that this would last for nearly half a century. Nor could anyone have predicted that sixty years later, Germany would have shaken off its Nazi past so thoroughly as to emerge as a key player in Western politics.Gert-Joachim Glaessner explains this historic transformation and provides an in-depth introduction to the German political system, its foundations and developments since 1949. Themes covered include the development of the FDR and GDR during the Cold War, the politics of Westernization, the controversies of West Germany's role in NATO and European integration. The author also examines parliamentary institutions, the role of the German Chancellor, party structure and organized interest groups. The book includes reference material from key documents, such as the German Constitution.Demonstrating how Germany went from political pariah to a model of modern liberal democracy, Glaessner offers a concise overview of the German political system in the post-war period.

Author : James Retallack
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9781487527488

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German Social Democracy through British Eyes by James Retallack Pdf

On the eve of the First World War, the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) was the largest and most powerful socialist party in the world. German Social Democracy through British Eyes examines the SPD's rise using British diplomatic reports from Saxony, the third-largest federal state in Imperial Germany and the cradle of the socialist movement in that country. Rather than focusing on the Anglo-German antagonism leading to the First World War, the book peers into the everyday struggles of German workers to build a political movement and emancipate themselves from the worst features of a modern capitalist system: exploitation, poverty, and injustice. The archival documents, most of which have never been published before, raise the question of how people from one nation view people from another nation. The documents also illuminate political systems, election practices, and anti-democratic strategies at the local and regional levels, allowing readers to test hypotheses derived only from national-level studies. This collection of primary sources shows why, despite the inhospitable environment of German authoritarianism, Saxony and Germany were among the most important incubators of socialism.

Author : Craig Morris,Arne Jungjohann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319318912

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Energy Democracy by Craig Morris,Arne Jungjohann Pdf

This book outlines how Germans convinced their politicians to pass laws allowing citizens to make their own energy, even when it hurt utility companies to do so. It traces the origins of the Energiewende movement in Germany from the Power Rebels of Schönau to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s shutdown of eight nuclear power plants following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. The authors explore how, by taking ownership of energy efficiency at a local level, community groups are key actors in the bottom-up fight against climate change. Individually, citizens might install solar panels on their roofs, but citizen groups can do much more: community wind farms, local heat supply, walkable cities and more. This book offers evidence that the transition to renewables is a one-time opportunity to strengthen communities and democratize the energy sector – in Germany and around the world.

Author : Fritz Erler
Publisher : Cambridge : Harvard University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105080987907

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Democracy in Germany by Fritz Erler Pdf

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Author : Robert E. Norton
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161598289

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The Crucible of German Democracy by Robert E. Norton Pdf

Robert E. Norton offers the first comprehensive study in any language devoted to Ernst Troeltsch (1865-1923) and his activities during the First World War. Troeltsch was one of the most famous figures of his day, a renowned historian, philosopher, sociologist, and theologian. But he did not just comment on events, he also actively served in a number of public roles before, during, and after the war. Throughout the last decade of his life, Troeltsch was a central participant in many of the most significant political debates and struggles that took place in his country, and in the process he became one of the most forceful and committed proponents of democracy in Germany. Tracing the gradual rise and growth of democratic thought during the war, Robert E. Norton shows how democracy itself emerged as the pivotal question within German domestic politics around which everything else came to revolve. In this process, Ernst Troeltsch emerged as one of the most eloquent and persuasive voices advocating for democracy and peace, and always promoting the ideals of freedom and human dignity for all peoples.

Author : William A. Pelz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 160846394X

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Wilhelm Liebknecht and German Social Democracy by William A. Pelz Pdf

Key writings and speeches by one of the major figures of the labor movement of the 19th century.

Author : Ross Campbell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030037925

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Popular Support for Democracy in Unified Germany by Ross Campbell Pdf

This book examines attitudes towards democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany. By drawing on extensive survey evidence, it charts Germans’ changing views of the political system prior to and following unification. The study examines four aspects of the political system: how it functions overall, attitudes towards the Basic Law, trust in representative institutions, and views of the European Union. Rather than accepting or rejecting democracy, the research shows how Germans merge shades of criticism and support. In addition, it pinpoints the factors that condition support, showing how it is influenced by durable and changeable stimuli. Overall, the findings challenge suggestions of a crisis of democracy but they also demonstrate that support is particularly low towards aspects of the European Union. This book appeals to readers interested in public opinion and democracy in Germany, along with those interested in the changing relationship between citizens and the state.

Author : Eugene Newton Anderson
Publisher : Russell & Russell Publishers
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015010917501

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The Struggle for Democracy in Germany by Eugene Newton Anderson Pdf

Author : Florian Grotz,Wolfgang Schroeder
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031324802

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The Political System of Germany by Florian Grotz,Wolfgang Schroeder Pdf

This book offers a systematic, theory-based, and empirically grounded introduction to the political system of Germany. Compared to other textbooks on government and politics in Germany, it has two particular benefits. First, it analyzes the individual dimensions of the German political system from a uniform theoretical perspective based on the well-known distinction between majoritarian and consensus democracy. Second, it particularly explains how political decision-making in the multi-level system takes place, including the local, state, federal as well as EU levels. This way, the book provides a comprehensive, detailed, and clear picture of how German democracy is organized and how it works.

Author : Professor Bruce A Williams,Richard L. Merritt
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300060378

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Democracy Imposed by Professor Bruce A Williams,Richard L. Merritt Pdf

How successful was the United States in attempting to impose a democratic system on Germany after the Second World War? Did U.S. occupation policy actually change German society and attitudes? In this book Richard L. Merritt addresses these questions from a novel perspective. Instead of studying what German political leaders and intellectuals thought about the U.S. occupation, Merritt explores for the first time the response of the ordinary German people, analyzing data from public opinion surveys conducted largely by the American Military Government beginning in 1945.

Author : Hugh Ridley
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004414471

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Law in West German Democracy by Hugh Ridley Pdf

In their time these important court cases influenced the development of a democratic legal system in a country struggling to overcome Hitler’s legacy. Today they cast a unique light on seventy years of West German social and political history.

Author : Gordon Smith
Publisher : Gower Publishing Company, Limited
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X001038728

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Democracy in Western Germany by Gordon Smith Pdf