Democratic revolutions : Asia and Eastern Europe /
""People power" in the Philippines, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the toppling of the Milosevic regime in Serbia are examples of how important democratic revolutions have become in the modern world, yet these have neither been added to the revolutionary canon nor adequately incorpo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2004
London ; New York : 2004 |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Routledge research in comparative politics ;
5 Routledge research in comparative politics ; 5 Routledge research in comparative politics 5 Routledge research in comparative politics |
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| Summary: | ""People power" in the Philippines, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the toppling of the Milosevic regime in Serbia are examples of how important democratic revolutions have become in the modern world, yet these have neither been added to the revolutionary canon nor adequately incorporated into the literature on democratic transitions. In theorizing peaceful popular uprisings against dictatorships and comparing them across Asia and Eastern Europe, Democratic Revolutions revives a much-neglected concept." "Despite enormous differences between Asia and Eastern Europe, there are striking similarities between the non-violent, spontaneous, urban-based and cross-class mass movements that overthrew unyielding rulers and led to the establishment of democracy in the two regions. The book explores the kind of non-democratic regimes that are particularly vulnerable to democratic revolutions. It examines why and how democrats rebel and what the results of democratic revolutions have been."--Jacket |
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| Item Description: | Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044/2003010835.html "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada." |
| Physical Description: | x, 180 p. ; 25 cm x, 180 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-173) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-173) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-173) and index |
| ISBN: | 0203506286 0415304156 (cloth) 0415304156 9780203506288 9780415304153 |