03165nam 2200661 450 991046450830332120200520144314.00-8229-7275-1(CKB)3710000000095268(EBL)2038841(OCoLC)878136456(SSID)ssj0000556897(PQKBManifestationID)11358888(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000556897(PQKBWorkID)10548799(PQKB)10391837(MiAaPQ)EBC2038841(Au-PeEL)EBL2038841(CaPaEBR)ebr10852994(CaONFJC)MIL586651(EXLCZ)99371000000009526820041027h20052005 ub| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInstitutions and the fate of democracy Germany and Poland in the twentieth century /Michael BernhardPittsburgh :University of Pittsburgh Press,[2005]©20051 online resource (328 p.)Pitt series in Russian and East European studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8229-5870-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1. Institutional Choice and Democratic Survival in New Democracies""; ""2. Weimar Germany: Defective Institutional Choice""; ""3. Interwar Poland: Institutional Choice by Imposition""; ""4. The Federal Republic of Germany: Learning from History""; ""5. Postcommunist Poland: Institutional Choice as an Extended Process""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index"" As democracy has swept the globe, the question of why some democracies succeed while others fail has remained a pressing concern. In this theoretically innovative, richly historical study, Michael Bernhard looks at the process by which new democracies choose their political institutions, showing how these fundamental choices shape democracy's survival. Offering a new analytical framework that maps the process by which basic political institu-tions emerge, Bernhard investigates four paradigmatic episodes of democracy in two countries: Germany during the Weimar period and after World War II, aSeries in Russian and East European studies.DemocracyGermanyHistoryDemocracyPolandHistoryConstitutional historyGermanyConstitutional historyPolandGermanyPolitics and government20th centuryPolandPolitics and government20th centuryElectronic books.DemocracyHistory.DemocracyHistory.Constitutional historyConstitutional history320.943Bernhard Michael H.881765MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464508303321Institutions and the fate of democracy1969431UNINA