LEADER 02961nam 22007214a 450 001 9910958194603321 005 20251116204145.0 010 $a1-870265-37-8 010 $a1-134-40946-X 010 $a1-134-40947-8 010 $a1-280-05437-9 010 $a0-415-40682-X 010 $a0-203-50628-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203506288 035 $a(CKB)1000000000443219 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000293651 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11214842 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293651 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10273170 035 $a(PQKB)11098342 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC180903 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL180903 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10099941 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL5437 035 $a(OCoLC)288932660 035 $a(OCoLC)56360189 035 $a(OCoLC)52288278 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB150897 035 $a(BIP)8099294 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000443219 100 $a20030516d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocratic revolutions $eAsia and Eastern Europe /$fMark R. Thompson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2004 215 $ax, 180 p 225 1 $aRoutledge research in comparative politics ;$v5 300 $a"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada." 311 08$a0-415-30415-6 311 08$a0-203-35551-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [157]-173) and index. 327 $aThe 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." 330 $aThis book examines the neglected concept of democratic revolutions, spontaneous popular uprisings which topple unyielding dictators and begin a transition process that eventually results in the consolidation of democracy. Thompson demonstrates under what conditions democratic revolutions become possible, what is necessary for their success and how they can overcome cultural difference. It includes examples from China, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, the Philippines, Iran, Malaysia and Serbia. 410 0$aRoutledge research in comparative politics ;$v5. 606 $aDemocracy$zAsia 606 $aDemocracy$zEurope, Eastern$vCase studies 607 $aAsia$xPolitics and government$y1945- 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xPolitics and government$y1989-$vCase studies 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a321.8/095 700 $aThompson$b Mark R$0277407 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958194603321 996 $aDemocratic revolutions$94474683 997 $aUNINA