Democratic Revolutions

Asia and Eastern Europe
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-415-30415-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thompson, Mark R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Revolutionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Puzzles of Philippine 'People Power' 2. Female Leadership of Democratic Revolutions in Asia 3. The East German 'Wende' as a Democratic Revolution 4. To Shoot or Not to Shoot: China and Eastern Europe 5. Stolen Elections and Serbia's 'October Revolution' (with Philipp Kuntz) 6. Democratic Revolutions and the 'Clash of Samuel Huntingtons'

Über Autor(innen)

Mark R. Thompson is Professor of Political Science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. He is also the author of The Anti-Marcos Struggle.