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Defending Democracy : Reactions to Extremism in Interwar Europe.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (346 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801893285
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Defending DemocracyDDC classification:
  • 320.94/09/042
LOC classification:
  • JN12.C29
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: The Theoretical Framework -- 1 Democratic Stability and Democratic Crisis -- 2 The Challenges: Antisystem Parties -- 3 The Defense: Strategies against Extremism -- PART II: Case Studies -- 4 Czechoslovakia -- 5 Belgium -- 6 Finland -- PART III: Comparative Perspectives -- 7 Defense of Democracy: Actors and Strategies in Comparative Perspective -- 8 Conclusion -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: 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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Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: The Theoretical Framework -- 1 Democratic Stability and Democratic Crisis -- 2 The Challenges: Antisystem Parties -- 3 The Defense: Strategies against Extremism -- PART II: Case Studies -- 4 Czechoslovakia -- 5 Belgium -- 6 Finland -- PART III: Comparative Perspectives -- 7 Defense of Democracy: Actors and Strategies in Comparative Perspective -- 8 Conclusion -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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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