1st Edition

Routledge Revivals: Christian Democracy in Western Europe (1957) 1820-1953

By Michael P. Fogarty Copyright 1957
488 Pages
by Routledge

484 Pages
by Routledge

488 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1957, this book is a detailed analysis on Christian Democracy, a movement backed by Protestants as well as Catholics, which has become one of the great social forces of Western Europe. It is strong in eight countries. The first half of Fogarty’s book sets out what the many Christian-Democratic movements stand for. The second part of the book shows how these movements began, how... Read more

List of Tables

Preface

Part One  

1. Introduction 

Part Two 

2. The Sources of Christian Democratic Programmes 

3. Personalist, Not Individualist  

4. Pluralist, Not Collectivist – ‘Horizontal’ and ‘Vertical’ Pluralism 

5. Pluralist, Not Collectivist – ‘Horizontal’ Pluralism Individual, Family, and Age Group 

6. Pluralist, Not Collectivist – ‘Horizontal’ Pluralism – Industry, Firm, Social Class  

7. Pluralist, Not Collectivist – ‘Horizontal’ Pluralism – From the Neighbourhood to the International Community  

8. Conservative but Not Traditionalist  

9. Social Control – Objectives and Sanctions 

10. Social Control – Mechanisms

Part Three 

11. The Rise of Christian Democracy, 1820-1880- Church and State (i)  

12. The Rise of Christian Democracy, 1820-1880- Church and State (ii) 

13. The Rise of Christian Democracy, 1820-1880 - Introduction 

14. The Rise of Christian Democracy, 1820-1880 – The Protestants Enter the Stream 

15. The Rise of Christian Democracy, 1820-1880 – The Rise of the Workers’ Movements (i) 

16. The Rise of Christian Democracy, 1820-1880 – The Rise of the Workers’ Movements (ii) 

17. 1880-1950: Management, Middle-Class, and Farmer’s Movements (i) 

18. 1880-1950: Management, Middle-Class, and Farmer’s Movements (ii)  

19. 1880-1950: The Youth and Family Movements 

20. 1880-1950: The Christian Democratic Political Parties (i)  

21. The Political Parties (ii) 

22. From 1950: Is a New Orientation In Sight?  

23. Is There A New Orientation?  

Part Four  

24. Christian Democracy in the Perspective of Church History

Bibliography

General Index

Index of National Organisations

 

Biography

Michael P. Fogarty