Social Democracy and State Foundation

The emergence of a new European state landscape after the First World War
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-3-8012-0555-3
Verlag: J.H.W. Dietz

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 205 mm, Gewicht: 560 g

The map of Europe changed with the end of the First World War. The large multi-ethnic states disintegrated. In northern, central and eastern Europe numerous new (nation) states came into being or recovered their statehood after a long period. A comprehensive democratic thrust set in. The social democratic parties were among the main driving forces of this Europe-wide development.
What was the role and significance of the social democratic parties in the emergence and formation process of the new democratic nation states after the First World War? Tobias Mörschel’s volume seeks to answer this question, ranging from Iceland to Georgia through Finland, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Austria and Belarus. What social democratic values and ideas found their way into these countries’ constitutional orders? How successful were social democrats in elections and in government? And what is the legacy of that period?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mörschel, Tobias

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Sozialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Mörschel, Tobias
Tobias Mörschel, born in 1970, Dr. phil., is head of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in the Baltic states with offic-es in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. He has produced numerous publications on the theory and practice of democracy.