Harald Wydra

Communism and the Emergence of Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

This book connects the study of democratisation to the emergence and crisis of communism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9780521184137
• ISBN-10: 0521184134
• Artikelnr.: 33083265

Autorenporträt

Harald Wydra is University Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St Catharine's College. He is the author of Continuities in Poland's Permanent Transition (2001).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Communism and democracy - a problematisation
Part I. The Experiential Basis of Communism and Democracy: 2. Revolutions, transitions, and uncertainty
3. The political symbolism of communism
4. Experiencing democratic transformations
Part II. Critical Events and their Symbolisations: 5. The rise of Bolshevik power
6. The emergence of the Cold War
7. The articulation of dissidence
8. The collapse of communism
Part III. Democracy as a Process of Meaning-Formation: 9. The power of memory
10. The future that failed
11. Democracy as a civilising process.

Rezensionen

'This book is a compelling meditation on democracy set concretely in the history of European communism and its transformation. Placing culture, people and action at center stage, Harald Wydra's analysis is interpretive, scholarly and intelligent.' Michael Urban, Professor of Politics, University of Kansas