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Transatlantic democracy in the twentieth century : transfer and transformation / / editor, Paul Nolte |
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Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (204 pages) |
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Collana |
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Schriften des Historischen Kollegs |
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Democracy - Europe, Western |
Democracy - Germany |
Democracy - United States |
Germany Politics and government 20th century |
United States Politics and government 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Frontmatter -- Table of Content -- Danksagung -- List of Abbreviations -- Beyond Resilience, Beyond Redemption -- Political Democracy and the Shaping of Capitalism in pre-1914 America and Germany -- “Democracy” -- Pluralizing Democracy in Weimar Germany -- How America Discovered Sweden -- Clumsy Democrats -- Discussing Democracy in Western Europe and the United States, 1945–1970 -- Conflict as a Moment of Integration -- Trajectories and Transformations of Western Democracies, 1950s–2000s -- Populism (against Democracy) -- List of Authors |
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Transatlantic democracy in the 20th century - this concept goes beyond the idea of an American civilizing mission in Europe after two World Wars, and certainly beyond the notion of re-educating Germans, and making them fit for Western institutions after Nazism. As democracy is being contested anew in the beginning of the 21st century, a much more complicated landscape of democracy since 1900 emerges. Transfer was not a one-way-street, and patterns of conflict and transformation affected both American and European political |
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societies. American democracy may not be reduced to a resilient defense of original traditions, while the narrative of German democracy is more than redemption from catastrophe. The essays in this volume contribute to a new history of transatlantic democracy that accounts for its manifold experiences and constant renegotiations, up to the current challenges of American and European populism. |
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