This book examines the causal impact of ideology through a
comparative-historical analysis of three cases of post-imperial
democracy: the early Third Republic in France (1870-1886); the
Weimar Republic in Germany (1918-1934); and post-Soviet Russia
(1992-2008). Hanson argues that political ideologies are typically
necessary for the mobilization of enduring, independent national
party organizations in uncertain democracies. Clear and consistent
ideologies can artificially elongate the temporal horizons of their
adherents. By presenting an explicit and desirable picture of the
political future, successful ideologues induce individuals to
embrace a long-run strategy of cooperation with other converts.
When enough new converts cooperate in this way, it enables
sustained collective action to defend and extend party power.
Successful party ideologies thus have the character of
self-fulfilling prophecies: by portraying the future polity as one
organized to serve the interests of those loyal to specific
ideological principles, they help to bring political organizations
centered on these principles into being.
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