Conservative parties and the birth of democracy /
Today, political democracies, new and old alike, are under siege. Understanding the circumstances of their origins and early survival in Europe helps us not only grasp how new democracies emerge, but also offers insight into the sources of potential resilience in today's old democracies. For co...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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| Summary: | Today, political democracies, new and old alike, are under siege. Understanding the circumstances of their origins and early survival in Europe helps us not only grasp how new democracies emerge, but also offers insight into the sources of potential resilience in today's old democracies. For countries democratizing today, old regime elite party organization can help democracy thrive, no matter whether those old elites are aristocrats, single-party leaders or modern-day tyrants. Democracy depends on the buy-in of these groups, and political parties offer one route to that end. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 427 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-410) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107001626 1107001625 9780521172998 0521172993 |