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THE EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY - Coggle Diagram
THE EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY
At the end of WWI, democracy still most important form of goverment
United states democracy-different
characteristics to Europe's one
European democracies
went through instability, but remained intact
In Great Britain :
Liberal Party
adopted mesures to reduce high rate of uneployment
introduced improved medical services
and subsidised housing
measures didn't stop workers to do strike for higher wages
Working class and liberal parties gained importance
In France
posrt-war economic problems(taxes)
provoked
many strikes
portest
tension between left-wing parties and conservative parties
democracy never in danger after all
In Germany
constitutional democracy(Weimar republic)
post-war economic problems they faced and the economic crisis of 1929
favoured the rise of extremist and
nationalist parties who opposed democracy
Democracy in the United States
During the 1920s and 1930s, democracy in the United States differed from the European systems in various way
main difference bipartianship(two-party political system)
Republican party
right-wing political party
defended capitalism and free market economy
opposed goverment intervention in economy
believed restricted companies freedom
opposed trade unions
believe they restricted freedom of bussines owners
represented interets of wealthy business owners
Democratic party
left-wing political pary that also defended capitalism
establishes conersvatuve policy
limited the power of the trade unions; they had an isolationist foreign policy
encouraged patriotism
