Awards

• Joint winner for American Political Science Association European Politics and Society Section: Best Book Award 2006.
• Winner of American Political Science Association European Politics and Society Section: Best Book Award 2005 (United States)
• Winner of American Political Science Association European Politics and Society Section: Best Book Award 2005.

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Author:   Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780801880384

ISBN 10:   0801880386
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   11 May 2005
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Part I: The Theoretical Framework 1. Democratic Stability and Democratic Crisis 2. The Challenges: Antisystem Parties 3. The Defense: Strategies against Extremism Part II: Case Studies 4. Czechoslovakia 5. Belgium 6. Finland Part III: Comparative Perspectives 7. Defense of Democracy: Actors and Strategies in Comparative Perspective 8. Conclusion Appendix A: Party Names and Translations Appendix B: Government Coalitions and Alignments in Presidential Elections Appendix C: Anti-extremist Legislation in Czechoslovakia, Finland, and Belgium Notes Bibliography Index

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Giovanni Capoccia develops a rigorously tested argument about elite strategies of responding to extremism by focusing on interwar Europe. -- Daniel Ziblatt, CP-APSA, the Newsletter of the Comparative Politics Organized Section of the American Political Science Association

<p>Giovanni Capoccia develops a rigorously tested argument about elite strategies of responding to extremism by focusing on interwar Europe.--Daniel Ziblatt CP-APSA, the Newsletter of the Comparative Politics Organized Section of the American Political Science Association (01/01/0001)

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Author Website:   www.politics.ox.ac.uk/about/stafflist.asp

Giovanni Capoccia is a professor of comparative politics at the University of Oxford.

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Author Website:   www.politics.ox.ac.uk/about/stafflist.asp

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