Actions for Democratic revolutions : Asia and Eastern Europe
Democratic revolutions : Asia and Eastern Europe / Mark R. Thompson
- Author
- Thompson, Mark R., 1960-
- Published
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 180 pages).
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- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- The puzzles of Philippine "people power" -- Female leadership of democratic revolutions in Asia -- The East German "Wende" as a democratic revolution -- To shoot or not to shoot: China and Eastern Europe -- Stolen elections and Serbia's "October revolution" (with Philipp Kuntz) -- Democratic revolutions and the "clash of Samuel Huntingtons."
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject(s)
- Since 1945
- Democracy—Asia
- Democracy—Europe, Eastern—Case studies
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Political Ideologies—Democracy
- Democracy
- Politics and government
- Asia—Politics and government—1945-
- Europe, Eastern—Politics and government—1989-—Case studies
- Asie—Politique et gouvernement—1945-
- Europe de l'Est—Politique et gouvernement—1989-—Études de cas
- Asia
- Eastern Europe
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 0203506286 (electronic bk.)
9780203506288 (electronic bk.)
9786610054374
6610054371
9780415304153
0415304156
9781134409471 (e-book ; PDF)
1134409478
9781134409426 (e-book ; Mobi)
1134409427
9781134409464 (e-book ; ePub)
113440946X
9780415406826 (paperback)
041540682X
1870265378
9781870265379
1280054379
9781280054372
0415304156 (Cloth) - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Note
- "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-173) and index.
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