Political Violence and Democracy in Western Europe, 1918-1940

The essays in this book concern manifestations of political violence in the democracies of interwar Europe. While research in this area usually focuses on the countries that fell to fascism, the authors demonstrate that violence remained a part of political competition in the democratic regimes of Western Europe too.

Autorentext
Mark Jones, University College Dublin, Ireland Stéfanie Prezioso, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Matthew N. Bucholtz, University of Calgary, Canada Sven Reichardt, Universität Konstanz, Germany Kristian Mennen, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands Caroline Campbell, University of North Dakota, USA Annette Finley-Croswhite, Old Dominion University, USA Gayle K. Brunelle, California State University, Fullerton, USA Jonas Campion, UCLouvain, Belgium Daniel Tilles, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland

Inhalt

Introduction: Political Violence is Democratic Europe, 1918-1940; Kevin Passmore

1. The Energy of Violence and the Brutalisation of Politics; Mark Jones
2. ' 'Fighting Fascism with its own Weapons ' '; Stéfanie Prezioso
3. Kamerad or Volksgenosse?;Matthew N. Bucholtz
4. Violence, Body, Politics; Sven Reichardt
5. Necessary Evil, Last Resort or Totally Unacceptable?; Kristian Mennen
6. Duelling with Words and Fists; Chris Millington
7. The Colonial Roots of Political Violence in France; Caroline Campbell
8. Lighting the Fuse; Annette Finley-Croswhite and Gayle K. Brunelle
9. Gendarmes facing Political Violence; Jonas Campion
10. Narratives of Violence; Daniel Tilles