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9780521709859

Post-Imperial Democracies: Ideology and Party Formation in Third Republic France, Weimar Germany, and Post-Soviet Russia

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    9780521709859

  • ISBN10:

    0521709857

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-07-05
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

This book examines the causal impact of ideology through a comparative-historical analysis of three cases of "post-imperial democracy": the early Third Republic in France (1870-1886); the Weimar Republic in Germany (1918-1934); and post-Soviet Russia (1992-2008). Hanson argues that political ideologies are typically necessary for the mobilization of enduring, independent national party organizations in uncertain democracies. Clear and consistent ideologies can artificially elongate the temporal horizons of their adherents. By presenting an explicit and desirable picture of the political future, successful ideologues induce individuals to embrace a long-run strategy of cooperation with other converts. When enough new converts cooperate in this way, it enables sustained collective action to defend and extend party power. Successful party ideologies thus have the character of self-fulfilling prophecies: by portraying the future polity as one organized to serve the interests of those loyal to specific ideological principles, they help to bring political organizations centered on these principles into being.

Author Biography

Stephen E. Hanson is the Vice Provost for Global Affairs and the Herbert J. Ellison Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Prefacep. xiii
Conceptual and Theoretical Issues
Weberian Methodological Individualismp. 3
A Weberian Theory of Ideologyp. 29
Ideology and Party Formationp. 57
Case Studies
The Founding of the French Third Republicp. 87
The Rise and Fall of the Weimar Republicp. 123
Post-Soviet Russiap. 175
Conclusion: Bringing Ideology Back Inp. 237
Indexp. 255
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