Forging democracy : the history of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000
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Forging democracy : the history of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000
Oxford University Press, 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 593-685) and index
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: hbk ISBN 9780195037845
内容説明
Democracy in Europe has been a relatively recent phenomenon. Only in the wake of World War Two did democratic forces become ensconced and, even then, it was to be decades before democracy truly blanketed the continent.
How then did liberal democracy become the order of the day? Neither given nor granted, democracy requires conflict, often violent confrontations, and challenges to the existing order. In Europe, Geoff Eley here convincingly illustrates, democracy did not evolve organically out of a postwar consensus, the prosperity of the long boom, or the negative cement of the Cold War. Rather, it was painstakingly crafted, continually expanded, and aggressively defended by a loose conglomeration of
socialist, labour, feminist, and Communist movements that underwrote the industrial resurrection of Europe's ruined spirit. These parties of the left organised civil societies rooted in egalitarian ideals that came to from the very fibre of Europe's current democratic traditions. The trajectory of
European democracy is thus inextricably connected with the history of the European Left.
Seeking neither to valorise nor condemn, Eley has given us the first truly comprehensive history of the European Left's successes and failures; its high watermarks and its low tides; its accomplishments, insufficiencies, and excesses; and, most importantly, its formative, lasting influence on the political landscape of the West. At a time when the influence and legitimacy - the very value - of Leftist democratic principles in frequently called into question, this book stands as a ringing,
substantive affirmation of the power of human ideals and of collective organisation.
目次
- PART ONE: MAKING DEMOCRACY SOCIAL: PREPARING THE FUTURE
- PART TWO: REVOLUTIONARY EUROPE, 1914-1923
- PART THREE: STABILISATION AND THE "WAR OF POSITION"
- PART FOUR: FUTURE IMPERFECT
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: pbk ISBN 9780195044799
内容説明
Democracy in Europe has been a recent phenomenon. Only in the wake of World War II were democratic frameworks secured, and, even then, it was decades before democracy truly blanketed the continent.
Neither given nor granted, democracy requires conflict, often violent confrontations, and challenges to the established political order. In Europe, Geoff Eley convincingly shows, democracy did not evolve organically out of a natural consensus, the achievement of prosperity, or the negative cement of the Cold War. Rather, it was painstakingly crafted, continually expanded, and doggedly defended by varying constellations of socialist, feminist, Communist, and other radical movements that
originally blossomed in the later nineteenth century. Parties of the Left championed democracy in the revolutionary crisis after World War I, salvaged it against the threat of fascism, and renewed its growth after 1945. They organised civil societies rooted in egalitarian ideals which came to form the
very fibre of Europe's current democratic traditions. The trajectories of European democracy and the history of the European Left are thus inextricably bound together.
Geoff Eley has given us the first truly comprehensive history of the European Left-its successes and failures; its high watermarks and its low tides; its accomplishments, insufficiencies, and excesses; and, most importantly, its formative, lasting influence on the European political landscape. At a time when the Left's influence and legitimacy are frequently called into question, Forging Democracy passionately upholds its vital contribution.
目次
- AND THE PEOPLE
- PART ONE: MAKING DEMOCRACY SOCIAL: PREPARING THE FUTURE
- CLASS
- HISTORY
- PART TWO: REVOLUTIONARY EUROPE, 1914-1923
- THE LEFT, 1914-17
- 1917-23
- PART THREE: STABILISATION AND THE "WAR OF POSITION"
- DEMOCRACY
- COUNTRY
- RETREAT
- NATION, 1939-47
- THE COLD WAR, 1945-56
- PART FOUR: FUTURE IMPERFECT
- DEMOCRACY
- 1989
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