{"product_id":"democracy-in-modern-europe-a-conceptual-history-9781785338472","title":"Democracy in Modern Europe: A Conceptual History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAs one of the most influential ideas in modern European history, democracy has fundamentally reshaped not only the landscape of governance, but also social and political thought throughout the world. \u003cem\u003eDemocracy in Modern Europe\u003c\/em\u003e surveys the conceptual history of democracy in modern Europe, from the Industrial Revolutions of the nineteenth century through both world wars and the rise of welfare states to the present era of the European Union. Exploring individual countries as well as regional dynamics, this volume comprises a tightly organized, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date exploration of a foundational issue in European political and intellectual history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJussi Kurunmäki, Jeppe Nevers and Henk te Velde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘Democracy’ from Book to Life: The Emergence of the Term in Active Political Debate, to 1848\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoanna Innes and Mark Philp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Democracy and the Strange Death of Mixed Government in the Nineteenth Century: Great Britain, France and the Netherlands\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHenk te Velde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Another ‘Sonderweg’? The Historical Semantics of ‘Democracy’ in Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJörn Leonhard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Birthplaces of Democracy: The Rhetoric of Democratic Tradition in Switzerland and Sweden\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJussi Kurunmäki and Irène Herrmann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Concepts of Democracy from a Russian Perspective: Debates in the Late Imperial Period (1905–17)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBenjamin Beuerle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Conceptual History of Democracy in Spain since 1800\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJavier Fernández-Sebastián and José María Rosales\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e The First World War, the Russian Revolution and Varieties of Democracy in Northwest European Debates\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePasi Ihalainen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Edges of Democracy: German, British and American Debates on the Dictatorial Challenges to Democracy in the Interwar Years\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarcus Llanque\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Nation Allied with History: Czech Ideas of Democracy, 1890–1948\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Bugge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Democracy in Western Europe after 1945\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMartin Conway\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Political Participation and Democratization in the 1960s: The Concept of Participatory Democracy and its Repercussions\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eIngrid Gilcher-Holtey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Democracy and European Integration: A Transnational History of the Danish Debate\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJeppe Never\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003es\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042409120087,"sku":"9781785338472","price":94.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785338472.jpg?v=1750954060","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/democracy-in-modern-europe-a-conceptual-history-9781785338472","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}