DIRK BERG-SCHLOSSER is Professor of Political Science at Philipps University in Marburg, Germany. His publications include Tradition and Change in Kenya, Political Stability and Development (with Rainer Siegler) and Political Culture in Germany (with Ralf Rytlewski). JEREMY MITCHELL is Lecturer in Government at The Open University. He is co-author of Returning Key Thinkers?

• List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Preface PART I Introduction: D.Berg-Schlosser PART II: HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND The Heritage of the First World War; J.Holzer Building Nations and Crafting Democracies; M.Thompson Social Structural Dynamics; J.D.Stephens & G.Kümmel Sources of Authoritarianism in Eastern and Southeastern Europe; S.Fischer-Galati PART III: THE SOCIAL ARENA: MAJOR FORCES AND ACTORS Organized Interests and their Patterns of Interaction; A.Zink The Role of Fascist (and Similar) Movements; M.Tarchi PART IV: THE POLITICAL ARENA Electoral Systems, Party System Fragmentation and Government Instability; L.Karvonen & S.Quenter Political Institutions and Political Stability; J.Mitchell External Factors; G.Kümmel The Impact of the World Economic Crisis and Political Reactions; T.Saalfeld PART V: OVERALL COMPARISONS AND DYNAMIC ANALYSES Systematic Matching and Contrasting of Cases; G.De Meur & D.Berg-Schlosser Reduction of Complexity; D.Berg-Schlosser & G.De Meur Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Analysis; D.Berg-Schlosser PART VI: CONCLUSIONS Implications for Theories of Democracy; D.Berg-Schlosser Appendix Bibliography Index

DIRK BERG-SCHLOSSER is Professor of Political Science at Philipps University in Marburg, Germany. His publications include Tradition and Change in Kenya, Political Stability and Development (with Rainer Siegler) and Political Culture in Germany (with Ralf Rytlewski). JEREMY MITCHELL is Lecturer in Government at The Open University. He is co-author of Returning Key Thinkers?

• List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Preface PART I Introduction: D.Berg-Schlosser PART II: HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND The Heritage of the First World War; J.Holzer Building Nations and Crafting Democracies; M.Thompson Social Structural Dynamics; J.D.Stephens & G.Kümmel Sources of Authoritarianism in Eastern and Southeastern Europe; S.Fischer-Galati PART III: THE SOCIAL ARENA: MAJOR FORCES AND ACTORS Organized Interests and their Patterns of Interaction; A.Zink The Role of Fascist (and Similar) Movements; M.Tarchi PART IV: THE POLITICAL ARENA Electoral Systems, Party System Fragmentation and Government Instability; L.Karvonen & S.Quenter Political Institutions and Political Stability; J.Mitchell External Factors; G.Kümmel The Impact of the World Economic Crisis and Political Reactions; T.Saalfeld PART V: OVERALL COMPARISONS AND DYNAMIC ANALYSES Systematic Matching and Contrasting of Cases; G.De Meur & D.Berg-Schlosser Reduction of Complexity; D.Berg-Schlosser & G.De Meur Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Analysis; D.Berg-Schlosser PART VI: CONCLUSIONS Implications for Theories of Democracy; D.Berg-Schlosser Appendix Bibliography Index

DIRK BERG-SCHLOSSER is Professor of Political Science at Philipps University in Marburg, Germany. His publications include Tradition and Change in Kenya, Political Stability and Development (with Rainer Siegler) and Political Culture in Germany (with Ralf Rytlewski). JEREMY MITCHELL is Lecturer in Government at The Open University. He is co-author of Returning Key Thinkers?

• List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Preface PART I Introduction: D.Berg-Schlosser PART II: HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND The Heritage of the First World War; J.Holzer Building Nations and Crafting Democracies; M.Thompson Social Structural Dynamics; J.D.Stephens & G.Kümmel Sources of Authoritarianism in Eastern and Southeastern Europe; S.Fischer-Galati PART III: THE SOCIAL ARENA: MAJOR FORCES AND ACTORS Organized Interests and their Patterns of Interaction; A.Zink The Role of Fascist (and Similar) Movements; M.Tarchi PART IV: THE POLITICAL ARENA Electoral Systems, Party System Fragmentation and Government Instability; L.Karvonen & S.Quenter Political Institutions and Political Stability; J.Mitchell External Factors; G.Kümmel The Impact of the World Economic Crisis and Political Reactions; T.Saalfeld PART V: OVERALL COMPARISONS AND DYNAMIC ANALYSES Systematic Matching and Contrasting of Cases; G.De Meur & D.Berg-Schlosser Reduction of Complexity; D.Berg-Schlosser & G.De Meur Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Analysis; D.Berg-Schlosser PART VI: CONCLUSIONS Implications for Theories of Democracy; D.Berg-Schlosser Appendix Bibliography Index