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1 online resource (1 audio file (21hr., 56 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Elizabeth Wiley. |
| Summary |
At the end of the twentieth century, many believed the story of European political development had come to an end. Modern democracy began in Europe, but for hundreds of years it competed with various forms of dictatorship. Now, though, the entire continent was in the democratic camp for the first time in history. But within a decade, this story had already begun to unravel. Some of the continent's newer democracies slid back towards dictatorship, while citizens in many of its older democracies began questioning democracy's functioning and even its legitimacy. And of course it is not merely in Europe where democracy is under siege. In Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe, Sheri Berman traces the long history of democracy in its cradle, Europe. She explains that in fact, just about every democratic wave in Europe initially failed, either collapsing in upon itself or succumbing to the forces of reaction. Yet even when democratic waves failed, there were always some achievements that lasted. Even the most virulently reactionary regimes could not suppress every element of democratic progress. Panoramic in scope, Berman takes listeners through two centuries of turmoil: revolution, fascism, civil war, and-finally-the emergence of liberal democratic Europe in the postwar era. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Europe -- Politics and government.
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Democracy -- Europe -- History.
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Dictatorship -- Europe -- History.
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Wiley, Elizabeth.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781705295915 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1705295916 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13792973 |
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