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Title:

Organizing democracy : reflections on the rise of political organizations in the nineteenth century / Henk te Velde, Maartje Janse, editors.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xiii, 295 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Political participation--Europe, Western--History--19th century.
Political participation--United States--History--19th century.
Political parties--Europe, Western--History--19th century.
Political parties--United States--History--19th century.

Other Authors:

Velde, Henk te, 1959- editor.
Janse, Maartje, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

This book explores the new types of political organization that emerged in (western) Europe and the United States during the nineteenth century, from popular meetings to single-issue organizations and political parties. The development of these has often been used to demonstrate a move towards democratic representation or political institutionalization. This book challenges the idea that the development of ?democracy? is a story of rise and progress at all. It argues that it is rather a story of continuous but never completely satisfying attempts of interpreting the rule of the people.

Series:

Palgrave Studies in Political History

ISBN:

3319500198
9783319500195

OCLC:

(OCoLC)973400423

LCCN:

2017934105

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)