Daniel ziblatt revisits this timely and classic question in a wide ranging historical narrative that traces the evolution of modern political democracy in europe from its modest beginnings in 1830s britain to adolf hitlers 1933 seizure of power in weimar germany based on rich historical and quantitative evidence the book offers a major reinterpretation of european history and the question of how stable political democracy is achieved the barriers to inclusive political rule ziblatt . Instead political democracys fate surprisingly hinged on how conservative political parties the historical defenders of power wealth and privilege recast themselves and coped with the rise of their own radical right with striking modern parallels the book has vital implications for todays new and old democracies under siege. Daniel ziblatt revisits this timely and classic question in a wide ranging historical narrative that traces the evolution of modern political democracy in europe from its modest beginnings in 1830s britain to adolf hitlers 1933 seizure of power in weimar germany based on rich historical and quantitative evidence the book offers a major reinterpretation of european history and the question of how stable political democracy is achieved the barriers to inclusive political rule ziblatt . Conservative parties and the birth of democracy is a 2017 non fiction book by daniel ziblatt published by cambridge university press discussing the growth of democratic countries in 19th and 20th century europe ziblatts thesis is that in those democracies the conservative parties were often crucial on whether a democracy survives he analysed both germany and the united kingdom ziblatt argued that if conservative parties were robust they would assist democracy but if they had weaknesses the. Conservative parties and the birth of democracy how do democracies form and what makes them die daniel ziblatt revisits this timely and classic question in a wide ranging historical narrative that traces the evolution of modern political democracy in europe from its modest beginnings in 1830s britain to adolf hitlers