Download or read book The Social Democratic Moment written by Sheri Berman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998-07 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study in comparative politics takes two countries with similar historical experiences in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and asks why they had very different responses to the same natural shock—the depression of the 1930s. In analyzing their responses, Berman makes a convincing case for the important role ideas play in politics.