TY - BOOK ID - 77877791 TI - The Social Democratic Moment PY - 2022 SN - 0674020847 9780674020849 067444261X 9780674442610 PB - Cambridge, MA DB - UniCat KW - Socialism KW - Marxism KW - Social democracy KW - Socialist movements KW - Collectivism KW - Anarchism KW - Communism KW - Critical theory KW - History KW - Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti KW - Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands KW - Sveriges socialdemokratiska ungdomsförbund KW - Sveriges socialdemokratiska vänsterparti KW - Socialdemokraterna (Political party) KW - Socialdemokratiska partistyrelsen KW - Parti socialiste suédois KW - Shvedskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡ial-demokraticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ KW - Sot︠s︡ial-demokraticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Shvet︠s︡ii KW - Švédská sociálne demokratická strana KW - SAP (Political party) KW - S.A.P. KW - Swedish Social Democratic Party KW - Swedish Social Democratic Labour Party KW - Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (Sweden) KW - Social Democratic Labor Party (Sweden) KW - Socialdemokratiska partiet (Sweden) KW - שוועדישע סאציאל־דעמאקראטישע ארבעטער־פארטיי UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77877791 AB - In addition to revising our view of the interwar period and the building of European democracies, this book cuts against the grain of most current theorizing in political science by explicitly discussing when and how ideas influence political behavior. Even though German and Swedish Social Democrats belonged to the same transnational political movement and faced similar political and social conditions in their respective countries before and after World War I, they responded very differently to the challenges of democratization and the Great Depression--with crucial consequences for the fates of their countries and the world at large. Explaining why these two social democratic parties acted so differently is the primary task of this book. Berman's answer is that they had very different ideas about politics and economics--what she calls their programmatic beliefs. The Swedish Social Democrats placed themselves at the forefront of the drive for democratization; a decade later they responded to the Depression with a bold new economic program and used it to build a long period of political hegemony. The German Social Democrats, on the other hand, had democracy thrust upon them and then dithered when faced with economic crisis; their haplessness cleared the way for a bolder and more skillful political actor--Adolf Hitler. This provocative book will be of interest to anyone concerned with twentieth-century European history, the transition to democracy problem, or the role of ideas in politics. ER -