Lawson Negotiated Revolutions

The Czech Republic, South Africa and Chile
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-91549-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 284 Seiten

Straightforward histories of post-revolution States have all too often failed to provide sufficient context to rescue revolution, both as concept and practice, from the misplaced triumphalism of the contemporary world. In Negotiated Revolutions George Lawson marks a definitive departure in the study of radical political and socio-economic change, presenting a unique comparative analysis of three transformations from authoritarian rule to market democracy. Through the lens of international sociology the book critically considers the large scale processes of social and political revolution, bringing three apparently distinct transformations, from seemingly disparate authoritarian regimes and geographies, under a common rubric. With unique and novel conceptual analysis the book accurately locates both the potential and actuality of radical change in contemporary world affairs, processes usually mistakenly subsumed under the general framework of 'transitology'.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawson, George

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction: the two faces of revolution; Towards an international sociology; Studying revolutions; A story of memory over forgetting: the Czech Republic; The longest walk: South Africa; Por la Razón o la Fuerza: Chile; Negotiated revolutions; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr George Lawson is a Tutorial Fellow in the Department of International Relations at The London School of Economics, UK.