The Weimar Republic was unstable due to some inherent defects in its administration which made it unstable and vulnerable to dictatorship.
Step-by-step explanation:
They were as below:
- Proportional representation: This system made difficult for a single party in achieving majority as it was an impossible task. This resulted to a rule by alliances or coalitions.
- Article 48: This article permitted the President the powers to impose emergency, suspend civil rights and rule by command.
These defeats resulted in twenty different cabinets that lasted for about 239 days and liberal use of Article 48. People were hopeless and lost confidence in the democratic parliamentary system.