Western Europes Democratic Age: 19451968
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Western Europes Democratic Age: 19451968
By (Author) Professor Martin Conway
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
8th September 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political structures: democracy
Social and cultural history
940.55
Physical Properties
Hardback
376
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
A major new history of how democracy became the dominant political force in Europe in the second half of the twentieth century What happened in the years following World War II to create a democratic revolution in the western half of Europe In Western Europe's Democratic Age, Martin Conway provides an innovative new account of how a stable, dur
Reviews
"An investigation of how this remarkably successful but 'consciously unheroic' transition was achieved in western continental Europe. A scholarly work of history that displays a deep knowledge of different political cultures, [Western Europe's Democratic Age] offers valuable context for todays crisis of liberal democracy."---Ben Hall, Financial Times
"[Western Europe's Democratic Age] had a real influence on me."---E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post
"An important and insightful study. . . . highly readable [and] well-written."---Julia Eichenberg, H/Soz/Kult
Author Bio
Martin Conway is Professor of Contemporary European History at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in History at Balliol College. He is the author of a number of books, including, most recently, The Sorrows of Belgium: Liberation and Political Reconstruction, 19441947.
