Ideology and Party Formation in Third Republic France, Weimar Germany, and Post-Soviet Russia / [electronic resource] Hanson, Stephen E. creator author. text enk 2010 monographic eng

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1 online resource (306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). This book examines the causal impact of ideology through a comparative-historical analysis of three cases of 'post-imperial democracy': the early Third Republic in France (1870–86); the Weimar Republic in Germany (1918–34); and post-Soviet Russia (1992–2008). Hanson argues that political ideologies are typically necessary for the mobilization of enduring, independent national party organizations in uncertain democracies. By presenting an explicit and desirable picture of the political future, successful ideologues induce individuals to embrace a long-run strategy of cooperation with other converts. When enough new converts cooperate in this way, it enables sustained collective action to defend and extend party power. Successful party ideologies thus have the character of self-fulfilling prophecies: by portraying the future polity as one organized to serve the interests of those loyal to specific ideological principles, they help to bring political organizations centered on these principles into being. Stephen E. Hanson. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Comparative government D397 .H32 2010 320.5 9780511781391 (ebook) http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511781391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511781391 UkCbUP 100519 20180107143412.0 CR9780511781391