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Defending democracy: Reactions to political extremism in inter-war Europe
Ist Teil von
European journal of political research, 2001-06, Vol.39 (4), p.431-460
Ort / Verlag
Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2001
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
. While the strategies of political actors and institutions have been largely analyzed with reference to cases of democratic breakdown, democratic survival has often been viewed as a consequence of socio–economic and cultural ‘preconditions’. The analysis of successful reactions to strong extremist challenges in three cases of democratic survival (Czechoslovakia, Finland and Belgium in the inter–war period) against the background of two cases of breakdown in the same historical context (Italy and the Weimar Republic) is a useful complement to this view. The analysis of the selected cases shows how a stable coalition of democratic forces can effectively protect the democratic system from dangerous extremist attacks by pursuing both repressive and inclusive strategies.