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The Springs of Democracy
Pasi Ihalainen
其他書名
National and Transnational Debates on Constitutional Reform in the British, German, Swedish and Finnish Parliaments, 1917-1919
出版
Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
, 2017-10-20
主題
History / Europe / General
History / General
Law / Government / General
Political Science / History & Theory
Social Science / Human Geography
ISBN
9522229296
9789522229298
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=L_ZwEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
During the First World War, conflicts between the people’s sacrifices and their political participation led to crises of parliamentary legitimacy. This volume compares British, German, Swedish and Finnish debates on revolution, rule by the people, democracy and parliamentarism and their transnational links. The British reform, although more about winning the war than advancing democracy, restored parliamentary legitimacy, unlike in Germany, where Allied demands for democratisation made reform appear treasonous and fostered native German solutions. Sweden only adopted Western political models after major confrontations, but reforms saw it embark on its path to Social Democracy. In Finland, competing Russian revolutionary discourses and German- and Swedish-inspired appeals to legality brought about the deterioration of parliamentary legitimacy and a civil war. Only a republican compromise imposed by the Entente, following a royalist initiative in 1918, led to the construction of a viable polity.