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About this book
Winner, Best Book on European Politics, 2005, European Politics and Society Section, American Political Science Association
How does a democracy deal with threats to its stability and continued existence when those threats come from political parties that play the democratic game? In Defending Democracy, political scientist Giovanni Capoccia studies key European nations between World Wars I and II which survived such democratic crises.
A comprehensive and thoughtful historical analysis of the democracies of interwar Europe, Defending Democracy provides a unique perspective on the many lessons to be learned from their successes and failures. With this exclusively empirical investigative approach, Capoccia develops a methodology for analyzing contemporary democracies—such as Algeria, Turkey, Israel, and others—where similar political conditions are present. Given the rise of terrorism and the persistence of extremism in both established and new democracies today, continued research and dialogue on the defense of democracy are necessary for its preservation.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: The Theoretical Framework
- Part II: Case Studies
- Part III: Comparative Perspectives
- Appendix A: Party Names and Translations
- Appendix B: Government Coalitions and Alignments in Presidential Elections
- Appendix C: Anti-extremist Legislation in Czechoslovakia, Finland, and Belgium
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index