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024 7 _a10.1515/9780691214139
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9780691214139
035 _a(DE-B1597)554874
035 _a(OCoLC)1191864307
040 _aDE-B1597
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050 4 _aJC337
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072 7 _aPOL011000
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082 0 4 _a306.2
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aBermeo, Nancy G.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aOrdinary People in Extraordinary Times :
_bThe Citizenry and the Breakdown of Democracy /
_cNancy G. Bermeo.
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2020]
264 4 _c©2003
300 _a1 online resource (288 p.) :
_b17 line illus. 50 tables.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
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347 _atext file
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tLIST OF FIGURES --
_tLIST OF TABLES --
_tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
_tPART I: OUR LITERATURE AND INTERWAR EUROPE --
_tIntroduction --
_t1. Heroes or Villains? Images of Citizens and Civil Society in the Literature on Democracy --
_t2. Ordinary People and the Breakdown of Democracy in Interwar Europe --
_tPART II: SOUTH AMERICA AND OUR LITERATURE REVISED --
_t3. The Reluctant Coup in Brazil --
_t4. The Slow-Motion Coup in Uruguay --
_t5. The Tragedy of Democracy in Chile --
_t6. The Violent Death of Democracy in Argentina --
_t7. Polarization and the Ignorance of Elites --
_tINDEX
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aFor generations, influential thinkers--often citing the tragic polarization that took place during Germany's Great Depression--have suspected that people's loyalty to democratic institutions erodes under pressure and that citizens gravitate toward antidemocratic extremes in times of political and economic crisis. But do people really defect from democracy when times get tough? Do ordinary people play a leading role in the collapse of popular government? Based on extensive research, this book overturns the common wisdom. It shows that the German experience was exceptional, that people's affinity for particular political positions are surprisingly stable, and that what is often labeled polarization is the result not of vote switching but of such factors as expansion of the franchise, elite defections, and the mobilization of new voters. Democratic collapses are caused less by changes in popular preferences than by the actions of political elites who polarize themselves and mistake the actions of a few for the preferences of the many. These conclusions are drawn from the study of twenty cases, including every democracy that collapsed in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution in interwar Europe, every South American democracy that fell to the Right after the Cuban Revolution, and three democracies that avoided breakdown despite serious economic and political challenges. Unique in its historical and regional scope, this book offers unsettling but important lessons about civil society and regime change--and about the paths to democratic consolidation today.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Feb 2021)
650 0 _aAllegiance.
650 0 _aAuthoritarianism.
650 0 _aCivil society.
650 0 _aCrises.
650 0 _aDemocracy.
650 0 _aElite (Social sciences).
650 0 _aGovernment, Resistance to.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
_2bisacsh
653 _aAllende, Salvador.
653 _aAltamirano, Carlos.
653 _aBalbín, Ricardo.
653 _aBetancourt, Rómulo.
653 _aBordaberry, Juan.
653 _aCGT (Argentina).
653 _aCollier, David.
653 _aCollier, Ruth.
653 _aCámpora, Héctor.
653 _aDi Tella, Torcuato.
653 _aDiamond, Larry.
653 _aFrei government (Chile).
653 _aGonzález, Luis.
653 _aGoulart, João.
653 _aItaly, interwar.
653 _aJames, Daniel.
653 _aKasekamp, Andres.
653 _aKubitschek, Juscelino.
653 _aLinz, Juan.
653 _aLópez Rega.
653 _aMainwaring, Scott.
653 _aMetaxas, General.
653 _aNazi Party (Germany).
653 _aPacheco Areco, Jorge.
653 _aPerón, Juan.
653 _aSartori, Giovanni.
653 _aScully, Timothy.
653 _aTomic, Radomiro.
653 _aemigration, from Uruguay.
653 _aheroism.
653 _aparty systems.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780691214139?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691214139
856 4 2 _3Cover
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