The starting point of this essay is the observation that a large backlog of reforms has arisen in some European democracies and that there is often a lack of political will to deal definitively with these long outstanding issues. Horst Möller therefore points out that democracy, the rule of law and parliamentary constitutions are not to be taken for granted, but instead have to be legitimised and reformed time and time again if they are to escape collapse; as an example of what can go wrong, the author uses the Interwar Period, during which almost all European democracies succumbed to inherent threats and mistaken developments. Thus the essay is not connected with the tradition of cultural pessimism – it sees itself rather as a premonitory plea to rapidly and sweepingly engage in the necessary reforms to avert the threatening but often ignored dangers for democracy.
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- Aufsätze
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Öffentlich zugänglichGefährdungen der Demokratie. Aktuelle Probleme in historischer Sicht25. September 2009
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Öffentlich zugänglichWege in den Schuldenstaat. Die strukturellen Probleme der deutschen Finanzpolitik als Resultat historischer Entwicklungen25. September 2009
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Öffentlich zugänglichCharles de Gaulle und das Scheitern einer europäischen Diplomatie25. September 2009
- Diskussion
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Öffentlich zugänglichDie Einheit der europäischen Zeitgeschichte25. September 2009
- Dokumentation
- Notizen
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Öffentlich zugänglichNeue Homepage und Serviceangebote des Instituts für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin25. September 2009
- Rezensionen
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Öffentlich zugänglichRezensionen online25. September 2009