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‘The Great Depression (1929-34) was attended by momentous consequences in the economic as well as in the political sphere.’ Comment.

  • UPSC 2002
  • World Wars

More than an economic slump, the Great Depression (1929-34) became the great political solvent of interwar Europe — dissolving the fragile democratic consensus built at Versailles and Locarno within a few catastrophic years.

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  • Radicalization of the Right: The Collapse of Weimar Democracy
  • Radicalization of the Left and Political Polarization
  • Erosion of Faith in Liberal Democracy and Free-Market Capitalism
  • The Economic Backdrop

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