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• catalog abstract "What happens when manhood suffrage, a radically egalitarian institution, gets introduced into a deeply hierarchical society? In her sweeping history of Imperial Germany's electoral culture, Anderson shows how the sudden opportunity to "practice" democracy in 1867 opened up a free space in the land of Kaisers, generals, and Junkers. Originally designed to make voters susceptible to manipulation by the authorities, the suffrage's unintended consequence was to enmesh its participants in ever more democratic procedures and practices. The result was the growth of an increasingly democratic culture in the decades before 1914. Explicit comparisons with Britain, France, and America give us a vivid picture of the coercive pressures--from employers, clergy, and communities--that German voters faced, but also of the legalistic culture that shielded them from the fraud, bribery, and violence so characteristic of other early "franchise regimes." We emerge with a new sense that Germans were in no way less modern in the practice of democratic politics. Anderson, in fact, argues convincingly against the widely accepted notion that it was pre-war Germany's lack of democratic values and experience that ultimately led to Weimar's failure and the Third Reich. Practicing Democracy is a surprising reinterpretation of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Germany and will engage historians concerned with the question of Germany's "special path" to modernity sociologists interested in obedience, popular mobilization, and civil society political scientists debating the relative role of institutions versus culture in the transition to democracy. By showing how political activity shaped and was shaped by the experiences of ordinary men and women, it conveys the excitement of democratic politics.".
• catalog contributor b11731056.
• catalog coverage "Germany Politics and government 1866-1871.".
• catalog coverage "Germany Politics and government 1871-1918.".
• catalog created "c2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "c2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Pt. I. The Framework. Ch. 1. Introduction. Ch. 2. The Morphology of Election Misconduct: International Comparisons. Ch. 3. Open Secrets -- Pt. II. Fields of Force. Ch. 4. Black Magic I: The First Mobilization. Ch. 5. Black Magic II: Keeping the Faith. Ch. 6. Bread Lords I: Junkers -- Ch. 7. Bread Lords II: Masters and Industrialists -- Pt. III. Degrees of Freedom. Ch. 8. Disabling Authority. Ch. 9. Going by the Rules. Ch. 10. Belonging. Ch. 11. Organizing. Ch. 12. Conclusions.".
• catalog description "What happens when manhood suffrage, a radically egalitarian institution, gets introduced into a deeply hierarchical society? In her sweeping history of Imperial Germany's electoral culture, Anderson shows how the sudden opportunity to "practice" democracy in 1867 opened up a free space in the land of Kaisers, generals, and Junkers. Originally designed to make voters susceptible to manipulation by the authorities, the suffrage's unintended consequence was to enmesh its participants in ever more democratic procedures and practices. The result was the growth of an increasingly democratic culture in the decades before 1914. Explicit comparisons with Britain, France, and America give us a vivid picture of the coercive pressures--from employers, clergy, and communities--that German voters faced, but also of the legalistic culture that shielded them from the fraud, bribery, and violence so characteristic of other early "franchise regimes." We emerge with a new sense that Germans were in no way less modern in the practice of democratic politics. Anderson, in fact, argues convincingly against the widely accepted notion that it was pre-war Germany's lack of democratic values and experience that ultimately led to Weimar's failure and the Third Reich. Practicing Democracy is a surprising reinterpretation of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Germany and will engage historians concerned with the question of Germany's "special path" to modernity sociologists interested in obedience, popular mobilization, and civil society political scientists debating the relative role of institutions versus culture in the transition to democracy. By showing how political activity shaped and was shaped by the experiences of ordinary men and women, it conveys the excitement of democratic politics.".
• catalog extent "xix, 483 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0691048533 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0691048541 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "c2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
• catalog spatial "Germany Politics and government 1866-1871.".
• catalog spatial "Germany Politics and government 1871-1918.".
• catalog spatial "Germany".
• catalog subject "324.7/0943/09034 21".
• catalog subject "Authoritarianism Germany History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Democracy Germany History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Elections Germany History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Elections Germany History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "JN3838 .A54 2000".
• catalog tableOfContents "Pt. I. The Framework. Ch. 1. Introduction. Ch. 2. The Morphology of Election Misconduct: International Comparisons. Ch. 3. Open Secrets -- Pt. II. Fields of Force. Ch. 4. Black Magic I: The First Mobilization. Ch. 5. Black Magic II: Keeping the Faith. Ch. 6. Bread Lords I: Junkers -- Ch. 7. Bread Lords II: Masters and Industrialists -- Pt. III. Degrees of Freedom. Ch. 8. Disabling Authority. Ch. 9. Going by the Rules. Ch. 10. Belonging. Ch. 11. Organizing. Ch. 12. Conclusions.".
• catalog title "Practicing democracy : elections and political culture in Imperial Germany / Margaret Lavinia Anderson.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".