Democratic Revolutions: Asia and Eastern Europe / Edition 1

by Mark R. Thompson

Overview

Despite enormous differences between Asia and Eastern Europe, there are striking similarities between the peaceful, spontaneous, urban-based and cross-class democratic uprisings against unyielding dictatorships that have occurred in the two regions. The book explores the kind of non-democratic regimes that are particularly vulnerable to democratic revolutions. It examines why and how democrats rebel and what the results of democratic revolutions have been. Questions posed in this book include:

* Why were communist rulers shot in China but not in Eastern Europe?
* Why did stolen elections lead to the overthrow of Miloevic in Serbia?
* Why have there been so many women leading democratic revolutions in Asia?

This book attempts to democratize theories of revolution and revolutionize democratic transitions. Cases and comparisons are drawn from 15 democratic revolutions over the last two decades and the book includes in-depth studies of East Germany, China, Serbia and the Philippines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415406826
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/06/2006
Series:	Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mark R. Thompson is Professor of Political Science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. He is also the author of The Anti-Marcos Struggle.

Table of Contents

1. The Puzzles of Philippine 'People Power' 2. Female Leadership of Democratic Revolutions in Asia 3. The East German 'Wende' as a Democratic Revolution 4. To Shoot or Not to Shoot: China and Eastern Europe 5. Stolen Elections and Serbia's 'October Revolution' (with Philipp Kuntz) 6. Democratic Revolutions and the 'Clash of Samuel Huntingtons'