RESTORATION, NOT RENEWAL: FROM NAZI TO FOUR-POWER OCCUPATION - THE DIFFICULT TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY IN AUSTRIA AFTER 1945
RESTORATION, NOT RENEWAL: FROM NAZI TO FOUR-POWER OCCUPATION - THE DIFFICULT TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY IN AUSTRIA AFTER 1945
Author(s): Günter Josef BischofSubject(s): Diplomatic history, Political history, Government/Political systems, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Political history; Austria; 1945; Democracy; communist totalitarianism;
Summary/Abstract: It is notoriously difficult to measure the rootedness of democracy in a nation. What ought to be our yardstick for success in democratic governance - the depth of civil society? the liveliness of grass roots politics in political culture? voter participation in campaigns and the electorate's turn-out in elections? adherence to human rights and tolerance in political discourse? What are our models - an abstract theoretical paragon of a model democracy constructed by philosopher kings, or American and British democracy, the oldest and most successful practicing democracies in the world?
- Issue Year: 14/2000
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 207-231
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English
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