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02639aam a2200421 i 4500 001 422F6E00475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170602010157 008 170303t20172017enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016056471 020 $a 0521172993 020 $a 9780521172998 020 $a 1107001625 020 $a 9781107001626 035 $a (OCoLC)972382369 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d IDU $d YDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d LSD $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e------ 050 00 $a JN94 A979 Z54 2017 100 1 $a Ziblatt, Daniel, $d 1972- $e author. 245 10 $a Conservative parties and the birth of democracy in Europe / $c Daniel Ziblatt. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a xv, 427 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Cambridge studies in comparative politics 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Today, political democracies, new and old alike, are under siege. Understanding the circumstances of their origins and early survival in Europe helps us not only grasp how new democracies emerge, but also offers insight into the sources of potential resilience in today's old democracies. For countries democratizing today, old regime elite party organization can help democracy thrive, no matter whether those old elites are aristocrats, single-party leaders, or modern-day tyrants; democracy depends on the buy-in of these groups, and political parties offer one route to that end"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a 1. Two patterns of democratization; 2. The old regime and the conservative dilemma; 3. From 1688 to mass politics: British democratization; 4. A virtuous cycle? Conservative strength and Britain's settled path, 1884-1906; 5. Averting a democratic disaster in Britain, 1906-1922; 6. Weak party conservatism and the case of Germany; 7. Stalled democratization in Germany before 1914; 8. The unsettled path: conservative weakness in Weimar Germany, 1918-1928; 9. A deluge: conservative weakness and democratic breakdown in Germany; 10. How countries democratize: Europe and beyond. 650 0 $a Political parties $z Europe. 650 0 $a Conservatism $z Europe. 650 0 $a Democracy $z Europe. 651 0 $a Europe $x Politics and government. 830 0 $a Cambridge studies in comparative politics. 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210804012551.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213020332.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006110310.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=422F6E00475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search