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- Title
Desinteresse und Disziplinierung: Die Anfänge der Demokratie im frühen 19. Jahrhundert im internationalen Vergleich – Frankreich, Preußen und USA.
- Authors
Richter, Hedwig
- Abstract
The integration of electoral practice into the analysis of the history of democracy allows a better understanding of what democracy meant for the people in their time. It becomes clear that modern elections were – not always, but often – forced from above. Elections served not only to legitimize power, but also supported other functions such as the disciplining of the population. Democracy, therefore, has not evolved from a single ideal, but from a conglomeration of conflicting ideas and powerful practices. Yet in spite of all the national differences, the history of elections and democracy proves to be a common, transnational history of the North Atlantic area.
- Subjects
19TH century democracy; FRENCH politics &; government; UNITED States politics &; government; PRUSSIA (Germany) politics &; government; HISTORY of elections; CROSS-cultural differences; LEGITIMATION (Sociology); WORLD history; HISTORY; NINETEENTH century
- Publication
Geschichte und Gesellschaft, 2018, Vol 44, Issue 3, p336
- ISSN
0340-613X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13109/gege.2018.44.3.336