Liberalism, fascism, or social democracy : social classes and the political origins of regimes in interwar Europe / Gregory M. Luebbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luebbert, Gregory M., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--Europe--History.

Labor movement.

Social structure--Europe--History.

Social structure.

Liberalism--Europe--History.

Liberalism.

Socialism--Europe--History.

Socialism.

Democracy--History.

Democracy.

Fascism--Europe--History.

Fascism.

Europe--Politics and government--1871-1918.

Europe.

Europe--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 416 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work provides a sweeping historical analysis of the political development of Western Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Arguing that the evolution of most Western European nations into liberal democracies, social democracies, or fascist regimes was attributable to a discrete set of social class alliances, the author explores the origins and outcomes of the political development in the individual nations. In Britain, France, and Switzerland, countries with a unified middle class, liberal forces established political hegemony before World War I.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; I: THE ORIGINS; 2. Ties That Would Divide: Liberal-Labor Alliances in Britain, France, and Switzerland before the War; 3. Cleavage Structures and the Failure of Liberal Movements in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe; 4. The Break with Liberalism and the Formation of Working-Class Movements; 5. The Organization of Workers: Liberal and Aliberal Societies Compared; II: THE OUTCOMES; 6. War, Crisis, and the Stabilization of the Liberal Order; 7. Narrowing the Aliberal Outcomes: Liberalism's Final Failure and the Irrelevance of Traditional Dictatorship; 8. Social Democracy and Fascism; 9. Conclusion: Class Alliances and Transition to Mass Politics; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-402) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773364-6

1-280-53341-2

0-19-802307-3

OCLC:

457248243