How was the Weimar Republic formed? what were it's two main drawbacks
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The Weimar Republic was Germany's government from 1919 to 1933, the period after World War I until the rise of Nazi Germany. It was named after the town of Weimar where Germany's new government was formed by a national assembly after Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated.
The Weimar republic was politically fragile for the following reasons:
i) The inherent defects in the constitution made it vulnerable to dictatorship.
ii) The system of proportional representation made achieving a majority by any one party an impossible task and led to coalitions.
iii) Article 48 gave the President powers to impose emergency, suspend civil rights and rule by decree.
iv) The system led to formation of twenty different cabinets for the duration of Weimar republic and gradually eroded the confidence of people in democratic means.