Institutions and the fate of democracy : Germany and Poland in the twentieth century
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Institutions and the fate of democracy : Germany and Poland in the twentieth century
（Series in Russian and East European studies）
University of Pittsburgh Press, c2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-303) and index
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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, and Poland between the world wars and after the fall of communism.
Students of democracy will appreciate the broad applicability of Bernhard's findings, while area specialists will welcome the book's accessible and detailed historical accounts.
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