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UNINA9910784441303321 |
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Autore |
Tilly Charles |
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Contention and democracy in Europe, 1650-2000 / / Charles Tilly [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
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1-107-14802-2 |
1-280-43755-3 |
0-511-18420-4 |
0-511-16578-1 |
0-511-16385-1 |
0-511-31276-8 |
0-511-75609-7 |
0-511-16465-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge studies in contentious politics |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Democracy - Europe |
Europe Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contention and Democracy -- Regimes and Their Contention -- Undemocratic Contention in Europe, 1650-1850 -- France -- The British Isles -- Switzerland as a Special Case -- Democracy and Other Regimes In Europe, 1815-2000 -- Europe and Elsewhere. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000, first published in 2004, 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. Using a sustained comparison of French and British histories since 1650 or so as a springboard for more general comparison within Europe Contention and Democracy goes on to demonstrate that democratization occurred as result of struggles during which (as in 19th century Britain and France) few, if any, of the participants were self-consciously trying to create democratic institutions. Consequently, circumstances for |
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democratization vary from era to era, region to region as functions of previous history, international environments, available models of political organization, and predominant patterns of social relations. |
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