Selective emigration after Germany's failed 1848 revolutions and the rise of the Nazi Party
In this study they explore the impact of the failed revolutions of 1848, which sparked a wave of emigration out of Germany, on the rise of the Nazi Party. They show that the intensity of emigration during the period 1849-54 significantly affected electoral preferences eighty years later. Their estimates suggest that emigration during this period accounts for 10 to 20 percent of the votes received by the Nazis in 1928. Their results suggest that the well-known contribution of the so-called Fortyeighters to democracy building in the US came at the price of less democracy in Germany.
Date:
15 November 2018, 15:30
Venue:
64 Banbury Road, 64 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details:
Ground floor lecture room, wheelchair accessible
Speaker:
Toman Barsbai (University of St. Andrews)
Organising department:
Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS)
Organisers:
Esther Arenas-Arroyo (COMPAS, University of Oxford),
Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
communications@compas.ox.ac.uk
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editors:
Nathan Grassi,
Mikal Mast
