Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times : : The Citizenry and the Breakdown of Democracy / / Nancy G. Bermeo.
For generations, influential thinkers--often citing the tragic polarization that took place during Germany's Great Depression--have suspected that people's loyalty to democratic institutions erodes under pressure and that citizens gravitate toward antidemocratic extremes in times of politi...
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Bermeo, Nancy G., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times : The Citizenry and the Breakdown of Democracy / Nancy G. Bermeo. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020] ©2003 1 online resource (288 p.) : 17 line illus. 50 tables. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I: OUR LITERATURE AND INTERWAR EUROPE -- Introduction -- 1. Heroes or Villains? Images of Citizens and Civil Society in the Literature on Democracy -- 2. Ordinary People and the Breakdown of Democracy in Interwar Europe -- PART II: SOUTH AMERICA AND OUR LITERATURE REVISED -- 3. The Reluctant Coup in Brazil -- 4. The Slow-Motion Coup in Uruguay -- 5. The Tragedy of Democracy in Chile -- 6. The Violent Death of Democracy in Argentina -- 7. Polarization and the Ignorance of Elites -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star For generations, influential thinkers--often citing the tragic polarization that took place during Germany's Great Depression--have suspected that people's loyalty to democratic institutions erodes under pressure and that citizens gravitate toward antidemocratic extremes in times of political and economic crisis. But do people really defect from democracy when times get tough? Do ordinary people play a leading role in the collapse of popular government? Based on extensive research, this book overturns the common wisdom. It shows that the German experience was exceptional, that people's affinity for particular political positions are surprisingly stable, and that what is often labeled polarization is the result not of vote switching but of such factors as expansion of the franchise, elite defections, and the mobilization of new voters. Democratic collapses are caused less by changes in popular preferences than by the actions of political elites who polarize themselves and mistake the actions of a few for the preferences of the many. These conclusions are drawn from the study of twenty cases, including every democracy that collapsed in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution in interwar Europe, every South American democracy that fell to the Right after the Cuban Revolution, and three democracies that avoided breakdown despite serious economic and political challenges. Unique in its historical and regional scope, this book offers unsettling but important lessons about civil society and regime change--and about the paths to democratic consolidation today. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Feb 2021) Allegiance. Authoritarianism. Civil society. Crises. Democracy. Elite (Social sciences). Government, Resistance to. POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. bisacsh Allende, Salvador. Altamirano, Carlos. Balbín, Ricardo. Betancourt, Rómulo. Bordaberry, Juan. CGT (Argentina). Collier, David. Collier, Ruth. Cámpora, Héctor. Di Tella, Torcuato. Diamond, Larry. Frei government (Chile). González, Luis. Goulart, João. Italy, interwar. James, Daniel. Kasekamp, Andres. Kubitschek, Juscelino. Linz, Juan. López Rega. Mainwaring, Scott. Metaxas, General. Nazi Party (Germany). Pacheco Areco, Jorge. Perón, Juan. Sartori, Giovanni. Scully, Timothy. Tomic, Radomiro. emigration, from Uruguay. heroism. party systems. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691214139?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691214139 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691214139.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I: OUR LITERATURE AND INTERWAR EUROPE -- Introduction -- 1. Heroes or Villains? Images of Citizens and Civil Society in the Literature on Democracy -- 2. Ordinary People and the Breakdown of Democracy in Interwar Europe -- PART II: SOUTH AMERICA AND OUR LITERATURE REVISED -- 3. The Reluctant Coup in Brazil -- 4. The Slow-Motion Coup in Uruguay -- 5. The Tragedy of Democracy in Chile -- 6. The Violent Death of Democracy in Argentina -- 7. Polarization and the Ignorance of Elites -- INDEX |
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