Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650–2000

ISBN-13: 9780521830089 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 320 str.

New York) Charles Tilly (Columbia University

Opis

This analysis of the relationship between democratization and contentious politics builds upon the model set forth in Dynamics of Contention (Cambridge, 2001). Comparing the Low Countries, Iberia, France, the British Isles, the Balkans, Russia, and other European regions over three and a half turbulent centuries, the book demonstrates how similar recurrent causal mechanisms in different combinations, sequences, and initial conditions produced contrasting trajectories toward and away from democracy in different parts of the continent. Also available: Dynamics of Contention 0-521-80588-0 Hardback $60.00 C 0-521-01187-6 Paperback $22.00 D

Recenzje

'… Tilly is to be congratulated for his brave grasp of a vast sociological literature that illuminates many important historical details. His treatment of the vital role played by the Low Countries in the history of democracy in Europe is especially good.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Contention and democracy; 2. Regimes and their contention; 3. Undemocratic contention; 4. France; 5. The British Isles; 6. Switzerland as a special case; 7. Democracy and other regimes in Europe; 8. Europe and elsewhere.