| Democratic Revolutions: Asia and Eastern Europe Contributor(s): Thompson, Mark K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 041540682X ISBN-13: 9780415406826 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: This book examines the neglected concept of democratic revolutions, spontaneous popular uprisings which topple unyielding dictators and begin a transition process that eventually results in the consolidation of democracy. Thompson demonstrates under what conditions democratic revolutions become possible, what is necessary for their success and how they can overcome cultural difference. It includes examples from China, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, the Philippines, Iran, Malaysia and Serbia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 321.809 |
| Lexile Measure: 1620 |
| Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.61 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Despite enormous differences between Asia and Eastern Europe, there are striking similarities between the peaceful, spontaneous, urban-based and cross-class democratic uprisings against unyielding dictatorships that have occurred 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. Questions posed in this book include: * Why were communist rulers shot in China but not in Eastern Europe? * Why did stolen elections lead to the overthrow of Miloevic in Serbia? * Why have there been so many women leading democratic revolutions in Asia? This book attempts to democratize theories of revolution and revolutionize democratic transitions. Cases and comparisons are drawn from 15 democratic revolutions over the last two decades and the book includes in-depth studies of East Germany, China, Serbia and the Philippines. |
