02929nam 2200565Ia 450 991080907850332120200520144314.01-280-03671-00-203-56128-71-134-37880-70-203-35500-81-134-37881-51-283-96374-4(CKB)1000000000401970(EBL)200369(OCoLC)437060415(MiAaPQ)EBC200369(MiAaPQ)EBC5292553(EXLCZ)99100000000040197020030910d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPaths to democracy revolution and totalitarianism /Rosemary H. T. O'KaneLondon ;New York Routledge20041 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-31473-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-261) and index.Cover; Paths to Democracy Revolution and totalitarianism; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Democracy: method and theses; 1. On method: comparative historical analysis and politics; 2. Democracy and empirical political theory: from the present to the past; 3. Revolutions and ideas of democracy: from the past towards the present; Part II: Revolution: chance for democracy; 4. Revolution and the long path to democracy in France; 5. Revolution and the failure of democracy in Russia and Germany; Part III: Totalitarianism: antithesis of democracy6. The rise of totalitarian regimes: contrasting France7. Totalitarian regime: Nazi Germany; 8. Totalitarian regime: Stalin's Soviet Union; Part IV: Democracy as synthesis; 9. Federal Germany: re-tracing a path to democracy; 10. Communism and its collapse: East Germany and the Russian Federation; Part V: Conclusion: lessons for democracy; 11. The struggle for modern democracy; Notes; Bibliography; IndexHow and why countries become democracies remain intriguing questions. This innovative volume provides a theoretically informed comparative investigation of the links between revolutions, totalitarianism and democracy. It will appeal to those interested in the relationship between history and democracy and the implications for the understanding of democracy today.DemocracyHistoryRevolutionsHistoryTotalitarianismHistoryDemocracyHistory.RevolutionsHistory.TotalitarianismHistory.321.8321.8/094O'Kane Rosemary H. T1670660MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809078503321Paths to Democracy4032665UNINA