Sheri Berman is Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. She has written extensively on democracy, authoritarianism, populism, fascism, the history of the left, and European politics for both scholarly and non-scholarly publications.

Sheri Berman's Democracy and Dictatorship is one of the few books that grabbed me with its opening paragraph... One of the many virtues of [her] calm, reasoned, and well-informed examination of the (at best) checkered history of democratic institutions on the European continent is that she takes the long view and an evidentiary rather than emotional approach.

• Chapter 1. Questions About Political DevelopmentChapter 2. The Ancien RégimeChapter 3. English Exceptionalism IChapter 4. The French RevolutionChapter 5. 1848Chapter 6. The French Third RepublicChapter 7. Italian UnificationChapter 8. German UnificationChapter 9. Interwar FranceChapter 10. English Exceptionalism IIChapter 11. The Rise of Fascism in ItalyChapter 12. The Weimar RepublicChapter 13. SpainChapter 14. Rebuilding Western EuropeChapter 15. The Transition to Communism in East-Central EuropeChapter 16. The Transition to Democracy in SpainChapter 17. The Transition to Democracy in East-Central EuropeChapter 18. Conclusion. Lessons Learned

Sheri Berman is Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. She has written extensively on democracy, authoritarianism, populism, fascism, the history of the left, and European politics for both scholarly and non-scholarly publications.

Sheri Berman's Democracy and Dictatorship is one of the few books that grabbed me with its opening paragraph... One of the many virtues of [her] calm, reasoned, and well-informed examination of the (at best) checkered history of democratic institutions on the European continent is that she takes the long view and an evidentiary rather than emotional approach.

• Chapter 1. Questions About Political DevelopmentChapter 2. The Ancien RégimeChapter 3. English Exceptionalism IChapter 4. The French RevolutionChapter 5. 1848Chapter 6. The French Third RepublicChapter 7. Italian UnificationChapter 8. German UnificationChapter 9. Interwar FranceChapter 10. English Exceptionalism IIChapter 11. The Rise of Fascism in ItalyChapter 12. The Weimar RepublicChapter 13. SpainChapter 14. Rebuilding Western EuropeChapter 15. The Transition to Communism in East-Central EuropeChapter 16. The Transition to Democracy in SpainChapter 17. The Transition to Democracy in East-Central EuropeChapter 18. Conclusion. Lessons Learned

Sheri Berman is Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. She has written extensively on democracy, authoritarianism, populism, fascism, the history of the left, and European politics for both scholarly and non-scholarly publications.

Sheri Berman's Democracy and Dictatorship is one of the few books that grabbed me with its opening paragraph... One of the many virtues of [her] calm, reasoned, and well-informed examination of the (at best) checkered history of democratic institutions on the European continent is that she takes the long view and an evidentiary rather than emotional approach.

• Chapter 1. Questions About Political DevelopmentChapter 2. The Ancien RégimeChapter 3. English Exceptionalism IChapter 4. The French RevolutionChapter 5. 1848Chapter 6. The French Third RepublicChapter 7. Italian UnificationChapter 8. German UnificationChapter 9. Interwar FranceChapter 10. English Exceptionalism IIChapter 11. The Rise of Fascism in ItalyChapter 12. The Weimar RepublicChapter 13. SpainChapter 14. Rebuilding Western EuropeChapter 15. The Transition to Communism in East-Central EuropeChapter 16. The Transition to Democracy in SpainChapter 17. The Transition to Democracy in East-Central EuropeChapter 18. Conclusion. Lessons Learned