The Social Construction of Democracy, 1870–1990

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
The Social Construction of Democracy, 1870–1990: An Introduction....Pages 1-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
The Origins of the Third Republic in France, 1860–1885....Pages 31-55
Uncertain Legitimacy: The Social and Political Restraints Underlying the Emergence of Democracy in Argentina, 1890–1930....Pages 56-70
Japan’s First Experiment with Democracy, 1868–1940....Pages 71-89
The Social Construction of Democracy in Germany, 1871–1933....Pages 90-117
The Two Souls of American Democracy....Pages 118-131
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
From Bureaucratic Imperium to Guardian Democracy: The Shifting Social Bases of Japanese Political Power, 1930–1960....Pages 135-160
Uncommon Democracy in Mexico: Middle Classes and the Military in the Consolidation of One-Party Rule, 1936–1946....Pages 161-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Race, Equity, and Democracy: African Americans and the Struggle over Civil Rights....Pages 193-217
Black Political Mobilization in Brazil, 1975–1990....Pages 218-240
Modes of Opposition Leading to Revolution in Eastern Europe....Pages 241-263
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
The Welfare State and Democratic Practice in the United States since the Second World War....Pages 267-290
French Democracy and the Welfare State....Pages 291-314
Industrialists, the State, and the Limits of Democratization in Brazil, 1930–1964....Pages 315-339
Constituting Political Bodies in the Adenauer Era....Pages 340-361
Front Matter....Pages 363-363
Democracy is a Lake....Pages 365-387
Back Matter....Pages 388-391