1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480068303321

Autore

Markoff John <1942->

Titolo

Waves of democracy [[electronic resource] ] : social movements and political change / / John Markoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : Pine Forge, c1996

ISBN

1-4522-3409-4

1-4522-6378-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Sociology for a new century

Disciplina

321.809

Soggetti

Democracy - History

Social movements - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; About the Author; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 - A Quick History of Modern Democracy; Chapter 2 - States, Social Movement Challengers, and Elite Reformers; Chapter 3 - Eighteenth-Century Revolution, Nineteenth-Century Eddies; Chapter 4 - Twentieth-Century Pendulum Swings; Chapter 5 - Semidemocracy, Pseudodemocracy, Democracy; Chapter 6 - Democracy's Future; Appendix: The Geography of Democratization; Map 1 Countries not Claiming to have Universal Suffrage, 1994; Map 2 Europe: Countries with Full Voting Rights for Women, 1910

Map 3 Europe: Countries with Full Voting Rights for Women, 1925Map 4 Europe: Countries with Full Voting Rights for Women, 1950; Map 5 United States: Territories and States with Full Voting Rights for Women, 1914; Map 6 Asia: Countries with Written Constitutions before World War II; Map 7 Asia: Countries with Written Constitutions by 1965; Map 8 Africa: Countries with Written Constitutions by 1965; Map 9 South America: Elected Civilian Rule with Credible Vote Counts, 1940; Map 10 South America: Elected Civilian Rule with Credible Vote Counts, 1960

Map 11 South America: Elected Civilian Rule with Credible Vote Counts, 1980Map 12 South America: Elected Civilian Rule with Credible Vote Counts, 1995; Notes; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This book looks at 200 years of democracy around the world viewing the history of democratization as a series of episodes in which social movements and elite power holders converged to reorganize political systems.