POLI 212 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Weimar Republic, European Union, Democracy
12 Oct 2018
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Thesis: europe is not a land of peace, nor can europe lay much claim to having been a land of democracy, there isn"t much difference between pre-enlightenment europe and post- enlightenment europe. Both democracy and peace are recent features of europeans politics which took centuries to normalize. Confirms the importance of the french revolution as a turning point for european society: crystallize a political core between the party movement and the party of order: the political core shapes european politics of society. Makes the depth of the division of this political core by referring to it as a civil war . Enduring difficulty for turkey to join the eu. Begins with revolution and ends in war and the defeat of fascism. Century is defined by recurring interstate war and domestic instability. 1945: the military defeat of national socialism and fascism / end of ww2.
