Interwar east central Europe, 1918-1941 : the failure of democracy-building, the fate of minorities /

This monograph focuses on the challenges which interwar regimes faced and how they coped with them in the aftermath of World War I, focusing especially on the failure to establish and stabilize democratic regimes, as well as on the fate of ethnic and religious minorities. Topics explored include the...

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Other Authors: Ramet, Sabrina P., 1949- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
Series:Routledge studies in modern European history ; 73.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Interwar East Central Europe, 1918-1941: The failure of democracy-building, the fate of minorities
  • an Introduction / Sabrina P. Ramet
  • 2. The Polish Second Republic: The geopolitics of failure / M. B. B. Biskupski
  • 3. Interwar Czechoslovakia
  • a national state for a multiethnic population / Carol Skalnik Leff
  • 4. Interwar Hungary: Democratization and the fate of minorities / Bela Bodo
  • 5. Interwar Romania: Enshrining ethnic privilege / Roland Clark
  • 6. Interwar Bulgaria: Populism, authoritarianism, and ethnic minorities / Christian Promitzer
  • 7. The kingdom of diversity and paternalism: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes/Yugoslavia, 1918-1941 / Stipica Grgic
  • 8. Interwar Albania / Bernd J. Fischer
  • 9. The Peasantries and Peasant Parties of Interwar East Central Europe / Robert Bideleux.