Ross, Anna (2018) On unsettled democratization : history and political science in conversation. German History, 36 (3). pp. 432-437. ghy016. doi:10.1093/gerhis/ghy016

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Abstract

This summer, two books both exploring democratization came across my desk. The first was Daniel Ziblatt’s Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy in Europe, a sophisticated piece of political science that contrasts conservative party development in Britain and Germany over the period 1848 to 1950. The second book was James Retallack’s tome, Red Saxony: Election Battles and the Spectre of Democracy in Germany, 1860–1918. Retallack’s magnificent study explores what seems to be, on first appearances, a very different influence on democratization to the conservative parties analysed by Ziblatt. Rather than focusing on parties, Retallack sees election battles—encompassing both election campaigns and debates over suffrage laws—as the best...

Item Type:	Journal Item
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Journal or Publication Title:	German History
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0266-3554
Official Date:	September 2018
Dates:	Date Event September 2018 Published 18 April 2018 Available 28 February 2018 Accepted
Volume:	36
Number:	3
Page Range:	pp. 432-437
Article Number:	ghy016
DOI:	10.1093/gerhis/ghy016
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	1 March 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access:	18 April 2020
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