LEADER 02962nam 22005893u 450 001 9910784882903321 005 20230120120600.0 010 $a1-280-03671-0 010 $a0-203-56128-7 010 $a1-134-37880-7 010 $a0-203-35500-8 010 $a1-134-37881-5 010 $a1-283-96374-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000401970 035 $a(EBL)200369 035 $a(OCoLC)437060415 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200369 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5292553 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000401970 100 $a20130418d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aPaths to Democracy$b[electronic resource] $eRevolution and Totalitarianism 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-31473-9 327 $aCover; 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 democracy 327 $a6. 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; Index 330 $aHow 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. 606 $aDemocracy - History 606 $aDemocracy 606 $aRevolution 606 $aRevolutions - History 606 $aTotalitarianism - History 606 $aTotalitarianism - History 615 4$aDemocracy - History. 615 4$aDemocracy. 615 4$aRevolution. 615 4$aRevolutions - History. 615 4$aTotalitarianism - History. 615 4$aTotalitarianism - History. 676 $a321.8 676 $a321.8/094 700 $aO'Kane$b Rosemary H. T$01493742 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784882903321 996 $aPaths to Democracy$93716861 997 $aUNINA