Was the Weimar Republic democratic or not?
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- Created on: 30-04-18 21:15
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- The Weimar Republic was not democratic nor did it provide the basis for a stable government
- Yes
- Article 48 - Presidential rule by decree
- meant that in times of emergency, the president could override the law
- considered very undemocratic
- meant that in times of emergency, the president could override the law
- System of proportional representation
- The number of votes reflected the number of seats allocated to each political party
- enabled small extreme parties to gain seats in the Reichstag
- giving them the opportunity to exploit the constitution
- also led to the formation of coalition governments
- difficult to come to decisions quickly
- the survival of undemocratic institutions
- Civil Service
- mainly consisted of members of the aristocracy who held anti-democratic views
- Army
- Ebert-Groener Pact
- Army believed that they could intervene in politics whenever they saw fit to do so
- the Weimar Republic relied too much on the army -couldn't act independently
- Juridicacy
- Article 54 - political freedom
- more sympathetic with right wing extremists on trail, gave them less severe penalties
- weakness in the constitution that undermined Weimar democracy
- Civil Service
- Article 48 - Presidential rule by decree
- No
- Fundamental rights and duties of the German citizen
- alongside the right to vote, freedom of speech, conscience and of travel
- The constitution gave men and women over a certain age the right to vote
- Gender equality
- Allowed referendums to be held, if the people called for one
- Proportional representation also considered a good thing because it gave smaller parties the opportunity to voice their opinions
- Fundamental rights and duties of the German citizen
- Yes
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