02961nam 22007214a 450 991095819460332120251116204145.01-870265-37-81-134-40946-X1-134-40947-81-280-05437-90-415-40682-X0-203-50628-610.4324/9780203506288 (CKB)1000000000443219(SSID)ssj0000293651(PQKBManifestationID)11214842(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293651(PQKBWorkID)10273170(PQKB)11098342(MiAaPQ)EBC180903(Au-PeEL)EBL180903(CaPaEBR)ebr10099941(CaONFJC)MIL5437(OCoLC)288932660(OCoLC)56360189 (OCoLC)52288278(FINmELB)ELB150897(BIP)8099294(EXLCZ)99100000000044321920030516d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDemocratic revolutions Asia and Eastern Europe /Mark R. Thompson1st ed.London ;New York Routledge2004x, 180 pRoutledge research in comparative politics ;5"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."0-415-30415-6 0-203-35551-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-173) and index.The puzzles of Philippine "people power" -- Female leadership of democratic revolutions in Asia -- The East German "Wende" as a democratic revolution -- To shoot or not to shoot: China and Eastern Europe -- Stolen elections and Serbia's "October revolution" (with Philipp Kuntz) -- Democratic revolutions and the "clash of Samuel Huntingtons."This book examines the neglected concept of democratic revolutions, spontaneous popular uprisings which topple unyielding dictators and begin a transition process that eventually results in the consolidation of democracy. Thompson demonstrates under what conditions democratic revolutions become possible, what is necessary for their success and how they can overcome cultural difference. It includes examples from China, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, the Philippines, Iran, Malaysia and Serbia.Routledge research in comparative politics ;5.DemocracyAsiaDemocracyEurope, EasternCase studiesAsiaPolitics and government1945-Europe, EasternPolitics and government1989-Case studiesDemocracyDemocracy321.8/095Thompson Mark R277407MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958194603321Democratic revolutions4474683UNINA