TY - BOOK AU - Capoccia,Giovanni TI - Defending Democracy: Reactions to Extremism in Interwar Europe SN - 9780801893285 AV - JN12.C29 U1 - 320.94/09/042 PY - 2005/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Democracy-Europe-History-20th century KW - Political parties-Europe-History-20th century KW - Radicalism-Europe-History-20th century KW - Europe-Politics and government-1918-1945 KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3318412 ER -