LEADER 03165nam 2200661 450 001 9910464508303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8229-7275-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000095268 035 $a(EBL)2038841 035 $a(OCoLC)878136456 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000556897 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11358888 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000556897 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10548799 035 $a(PQKB)10391837 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2038841 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2038841 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10852994 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL586651 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000095268 100 $a20041027h20052005 ub| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInstitutions and the fate of democracy $eGermany and Poland in the twentieth century /$fMichael Bernhard 210 1$aPittsburgh :$cUniversity of Pittsburgh Press,$d[2005] 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 225 1 $aPitt series in Russian and East European studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8229-5870-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 330 $a As democracy has swept the globe, the question of why some democracies succeed while others fail has remained a pressing concern. In this theoretically innovative, richly historical study, Michael Bernhard looks at the process by which new democracies choose their political institutions, showing how these fundamental choices shape democracy's survival. Offering a new analytical framework that maps the process by which basic political institu-tions emerge, Bernhard investigates four paradigmatic episodes of democracy in two countries: Germany during the Weimar period and after World War II, a 410 0$aSeries in Russian and East European studies. 606 $aDemocracy$zGermany$xHistory 606 $aDemocracy$zPoland$xHistory 606 $aConstitutional history$zGermany 606 $aConstitutional history$zPoland 607 $aGermany$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aPoland$xPolitics and government$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocracy$xHistory. 615 0$aDemocracy$xHistory. 615 0$aConstitutional history 615 0$aConstitutional history 676 $a320.943 700 $aBernhard$b Michael H.$0881765 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464508303321 996 $aInstitutions and the fate of democracy$91969431 997 $aUNINA