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020 _a9780511781391 (ebook)
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050 0 0 _aD397
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100 1 _aHanson, Stephen E.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPost-Imperial Democracies :
_bIdeology and Party Formation in Third Republic France, Weimar Germany, and Post-Soviet Russia / [electronic resource]
_cStephen E. Hanson.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _a1 online resource (306 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aCambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aThis 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 (1870–86); the Weimar Republic in Germany (1918–34); 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. 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.
650 0 _aComparative government
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
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830 0 _aCambridge Studies in Comparative Politics.
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511781391
_zCambridge Books Online
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