Waves of Democracy: Social Movements and Political Change

Name: Best history of world-wide democracy
Item: Waves of Democracy: Social Movements and Political Change (Sociology for a New Century)
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by John Markoff

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Waves of Democracy

looks at two centuries of history of democratization as a series of multicontinental episodes in which social movements and elite power holders in many countries converged to reorganize political systems. Democracy is defined and redefined in these episodes. John Markoff examines several ways in which governing elites of national states mimic each other and ways in which social movements and elites interact. There...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0803990197

ISBN13:9780803990197

Release Date:February 1996

Publisher:Sage Publications, Inc

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Democracy History Ideologies & Doctrines Political Ideologies Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Sociology

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Best history of world-wide democracy

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John Markoff is a truly original thinker and he discusses the progress and regress of democracy the world over without any nationalistic or ideological prejudice. The very best survey of the history of democracy I know.

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