Political Catholicism in Europe 1918-1945: Volume 1

by Wolfram Kaiser (Editor), Helmut Wohnout (Editor)

This book examines the role of Catholic parties in inter-war Europe in a systematically pan-European comparative perspective.

Specific country chapters address key questions about the parties' membership and social organization; their economic and social policies; and their European and international policies at a time of increasing national and ethnic conflict, and the book includes two survey chapters explaining the origins of political catholicism in 19th century Europe and comparing the parties' interwar development, and two chapters on
transnational party contacts.
Along with its companion volume, Christian Democracy in Europe Since 1945, also published in 2004, students will have an abundandce of information to guide them through their studies on this fascinating subject.

312 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Wolfram Kaiser, Professor of European Studies at University of Portsmouth, he has taught at the universities of Edinburgh, Vienna, Paris-IV, Cambridge and Saarbrücken and at the Cultural Studies Institute in Essen.

His academic interests include the history of the European Union and transnational dimensions of European and global history since the mid-nineteenth century.