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When democracy breaks : studies in democratic erosion and collapse, from ancient Athens to the present day /

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'When Democracy Breaks' deepens our understanding of what separates democratic resilience from democratic fragility by focusing on the latter. The volume's collaborators - experts in the history and politics of the societies covered in their chapters - explore eleven episodes of democ...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Other Authors: Fung, Archon, 1968- (Editor), Moss, David A., 1964- (Editor), Westad, Odd Arne (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Democracy > History.
World politics.
Democratization > History > Cross-cultural studies.
Politique mondiale.
Démocratisation > Histoire > Études transculturelles.
Politics & government.
Politics and Government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • When Democracy Breaks
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • 1. Introduction: When Democracy Breaks
  • 2. Democratic Collapse and Recovery in Ancient Athens (413-403)
  • 3. The U.S. Secession Crisis as a Breakdown of Democracy
  • 4. The Breakdown in Democracy in 1930s Japan
  • 5. Weimar Germany and the Fragility of Democracy
  • 6. The Failures of Czech Democracy, 1918-1948
  • 7. September 11, 1973: Breakdown of Democracy in Chile
  • 8. The Indian Emergency (1975-1977) in Historical Perspective
  • 9. Democratic Breakdown in Argentina, 1976
  • 10. Why Russia's Democracy Broke
  • 11. A Different "Turkish Model": Exemplifying De-democratization in the AKP Era
  • 12. Venezuela's Autocratization, 1999-2021: Variations in Temporalities, Party Systems, and Institutional Controls
  • Index