Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000

Klappentext This analysis of the relationship between democratization and contentious politics builds upon the model set forth in Dynamics of Contention (Cambridge! 2001). Comparing the Low Countries! Iberia! France! the British Isles! the Balkans! Russia! and other European regions over three and a half turbulent centuries! the book demonstrates how similar recurrent causal mechanisms in different combinations! sequences! and initial conditions produced contrasting trajectories toward and away from democracy in different parts of the continent. Also available: Dynamics of Contention 0-521-80588-0 Hardback $60.00 C 0-521-01187-6 Paperback $22.00 D Zusammenfassung This book is an analysis of the relationship between democratization and contentious politics that builds upon the model set forth in the pathbreaking book! Dynamics of Contention. The book shows how similar recurrent casual mechanisms in different combinations! sequences! and initial conditions produced contrasting trajectories toward and away from democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Contention and democracy; 2. Regimes and their contention; 3. Undemocratic contention; 4. France; 5. The British Isles; 6. Switzerland as a special case; 7. Democracy and other regimes in Europe; 8. Europe and elsewhere.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Chales Tilly, Charles Tilly
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 10.11.2003
• EAN: 9780521537131
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53713-1
• Pages: 320
• Thèmes: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics; Cambridge Studies in Contentio; Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; Europe, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Sociology & anthropology, Political science and theory, Sociology and anthropology