Communism and the emergence of democracy /
"Before democracy becomes an institutionalised form of political authority, the rupture with authoritarian forms of power causes deep uncertainty about power and outcomes. This book connects the study of democratisation in eastern Europe and Russia to the emergence and crisis of communism. Wydr...
| Основен автор: | Wydra, Harald, 1965- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Резюме: |
"Before democracy becomes an institutionalised form of political authority, the rupture with authoritarian forms of power causes deep uncertainty about power and outcomes. This book connects the study of democratisation in eastern Europe and Russia to the emergence and crisis of communism. Wydra argues that the communist past is not simply a legacy but needs to be seen as a social organism in gestation, where critical events produce new expectations, memories, and symbols that influence meanings of democracy. By examining a series of pivotal historical events, he shows that democratisation is not just a matter of institutional design, but rather a matter of consciousness and leadership under conditions of extreme and traumatic incivility. Rather than adopting the opposition between non-democratic and democratic. Wydra argues that the communist experience must be central to the study of the emergence and nature of democracy in (post- )communist countries."--Jacket. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
ix, 314 pages ; 24 cm |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0521851696 9780521851695 |