GOVT-130 FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Bicameralism, German Empire, Liberal Democracy
10 Nov 2016
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James sheehan- notes because germany lacked a successful revolution, it followed a different historical path than the rest of western europe\ No german parliament successfully established itself as a powerful precedent. Germany is haunted by the specter of failed institutions: revolution of 1848-49: resulted in the opposition failing in creating a liberal nation state, revolution of 1918-19: workers fail to establish a socialist republic. 1806- napoleon invaded and dissolved germany: consolidated into large units. French bring ideologies of nationalism and liberalism in their invasion: found considerable support among the small but growing urban middle class. Especially true in western german states: uprisings in berlin, vienna, frankfurt in 1888, culminates in parliament drafts constitution in frankfurt, unified state (with monarch) David comradt- german liberals of 1848, who were predominantly middle class intellectuals and professionals, were at least a generation behind their. Unable to agree whether a prussian or austrian emperor. Parliament offers crown to prussian, denies it: government crumbles.
