John Markoff

Waves of Democracy

Social Movements and Political Change, Second Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The second edition of this classic text covers contemporary democracy movements including the Arab Spring and its aftermath, Occupy, and new nations as well as old issues from the Balkans to Africa, from Latin America to Ukraine. The author has traveled widely around the world to take the pulse of transition and to profile journeys toward democracy and journeys away from democracy, too. At the same time, the book addresses important challenges that have emerged in even well-established democracies. These show up in declining voting rates, diminished membership in political parties, and, in some countries including the United States, negative views of central democratic institutions (like the US Congress).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 223
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781612052922
• ISBN-10: 1612052924
• Artikelnr.: 40625488

Autorenporträt

John Markoff is Professor of Sociology and History at the University of Pittsburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

1 A Quick History of Modern Democracy 2 States
Social Movement Challengers
and Elite Reformers 3 Eighteenth-Century Revolution
Nineteenth-Century Eddies 4 Twentieth-Century Pendulum Swings 5 Semidemocracy
Pseudodemocracy
Democracy 6 Beyond the Great Democratic Wave 7 Into the Twenty-First Century: New Challenges
New Opportunities