Democratic Stability in an Age of Crisis - Reassessing the Interwar Period

This book explains why several democracies during the period between the two world wars broke down and others survived, and examines the extent to which present-day democracies are fragile in the face of crises.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part I: Setting the Stage


• 1: An Age of Crisis


• 2: Interwar Democracies and Dictatorships


• Part II: Theoretical Framework


• 3: Pillars of Democratic Stability


• Part III: Comparative Analyses


• 4: Democratic Legacies, the Associational Landscape, and Democratic Survival


• 5: Economic Crisis and Democratic Breakdown


• Part IV: Case Studies


• 6: Denmark and the United Kingdom


• 7: Uruguay and France


• Conclusion


• Appendix I: Coding of Democratic Spells in the Interwar Period


• Appendix II: Descriptive Statistics and Robustness Checks of Statistical Analyses

About the author

Agnes Cornell is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, where she teaches Comparative Politics, Public Administration, and Methods. Her work has been published in distinguished journals such as Journal of Politics, Governance, Journal of Peace Research, Democratization, and Journal of Democracy.

Jørgen Møller is Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark, where he teaches Comparative Politics and International Relations. His publications include State Formation, Regime Change, and Economic Development (Routledge, 2017).

Svend-Erik Skaaning is Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark. His publications include The Rule of Law: Definitions, Measures, Patterns, and Causes (with J Møller, Palgrave, 2014).

Summary

This book explains why several democracies during the period between the two world wars broke down and others survived, and examines the extent to which present-day democracies are fragile in the face of crises.

Product details

• Authors: Agnes Cornell, Agnes (Associate Professor of Political S Cornell, Jørgen Møller, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Skaaning Svend-Erik
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2020
• EAN: 9780198858249
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885824-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Political structure & processes, Comparative Politics, EU (European Union), International institutions, Political structure and processes, EU & European institutions