When democracy breaks studies in democratic erosion and collapse, from ancient Athens to the present day / edited by Archon Fung, David Moss and Odd Arne Westad.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024] |
| Description | 367 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Fung, Archon, 1968- |
| Other author/creator | Moss, David A., 1964- |
| Other author/creator | Westad, Odd Arne. |
| Other author/creator | Oxford University Press. |
| Contents | When democracy breaks -- The U.S. secession crisis as a breakdown of democracy -- The breakdown in democracy in 1930s Japan -- Weimar Germany and the fragility of democracy -- The failures of Czech democracy: 1918-1948 -- "September 11, 1973: breakdown of democracy in Chile" -- The Indian Emergency (1975-1977) in historical perspective -- Democratic breakdown in Argentina, 1976 -- Democratic collapse and recovery in ancient Athens (413-403) -- Why Russia's democracy broke -- A different "Turkish Model": exemplifying de-democratization in the AKP Era -- Venezuela's autocratization, 1999-2021. |
| Abstract | "Democracy is often described in two opposite ways, as either wonderfully resilient or dangerously fragile. Curiously, both characterizations can be correct, depending on the context. In a relatively small number of countries, democracy has survived numerous shocks across many generations, while in others it has faltered or collapsed, whether after just a short time or a long period of apparent strength. Some broken democracies have reconstituted themselves as democracies once again, while others have notably failed to do so"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023052080 |
| ISBN | 9780197760789 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780197760796 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |