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    Pre 1914 Democratic Transition

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    In five pages this paper discusses pre 1914 European democracy transition within the context of Liberalism, Fascism, or Social Democracy Social Classes and the Political Origins of Regimes in Interwar Europe by Gregory M. Luebbert. There are no other sources listed.

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    of which included Fascism, the rumblings of world war and the growing influence of Nazism and Stalinist Totalitarianism. Gregory M. Luebberts Liberalism, Fascism, or Social Democracy: Social Classes and  the Political Origins of Regimes in Interwar Europe discusses how the period before 1914 brought much grief and heartache to the people of Europe, as it reflected a time of  great concern for the safety of both Europeans and their country. Prior to World War I, many believed that capitalist societies faced a  dilemma: to either advance to Socialism or revert to barbarism. Thus was the position facing Europe during this particular time of the twentieth century. Disaster after disaster followed  one upon another that had Europe scrambling for cover. One might readily surmise from Luebberts account that the monumental structure of nineteenth-century civilization dissolved within the flames of world  war; however some critics contend that those very same disasters proved more of a specific sociological content rather than what some termed as barbarism.  Capitalism was at the forefront of crisis during this catastrophic period. Of the primary players that subjected Europe to such a dismal state, there was not one in  particular that stood out as more detrimental than the next; rather, as each one occurred -- often on the heels of one previous -- it created a catastrophic domino influence  upon an already damaged European political system. Acting as a structural force for the twentieth century, the blood that was shed throughout this crisis proved to be the link  between twentieth-century history and its moment of determination, ultimately instigating the course of democratic things to come (Luebbert PG). The imminence of world 

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