Weimar: why did German democracy fail?

No failure in democratic history had such far reaching consequences as the collapse of the Weimar Republic. Recent debate has centered upon the viability of Weimar democracy and the inevitability of its failure in the context of insuperable economic problems. The papers presented here offer perspectives on the Weimar political experiment, its failure, and the lessons for modern industrial societies. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.