Passmore / Millington Political Violence and Democracy in Western Europe, 1918-1940

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-51595-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, eBook

The essays in this book concern manifestations of political violence in the democracies of interwar Europe. While research in this area usually focuses on the countries that fell to fascism, the authors demonstrate that violence remained a part of political competition in the democratic regimes of Western Europe too.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Passmore, Kevin

Millington, Chris

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Political Violence is Democratic Europe, 1918-1940; Kevin Passmore 1. The Energy of Violence and the Brutalisation of Politics; Mark Jones 2. ' 'Fighting Fascism with its own Weapons ' '; Stéfanie Prezioso 3. Kamerad or Volksgenosse?;Matthew N. Bucholtz 4. Violence, Body, Politics; Sven Reichardt 5. Necessary Evil, Last Resort or Totally Unacceptable?; Kristian Mennen 6. Duelling with Words and Fists; Chris Millington 7. The Colonial Roots of Political Violence in France; Caroline Campbell 8. Lighting the Fuse; Annette Finley-Croswhite and Gayle K. Brunelle 9. Gendarmes facing Political Violence; Jonas Campion 10. Narratives of Violence; Daniel Tilles

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Jones, University College Dublin, Ireland
Stéfanie Prezioso, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Matthew N. Bucholtz, University of Calgary, Canada
Sven Reichardt, Universität Konstanz, Germany
Kristian Mennen, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
Caroline Campbell, University of North Dakota, USA
Annette Finley-Croswhite, Old Dominion University, USA
Gayle K. Brunelle, California State University, Fullerton, USA
Jonas Campion, UCLouvain, Belgium
Daniel Tilles, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland