Communism and the emergence of democracy / Harald Wydra.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007Description: ix, 314 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0521851696 (hbk.); 9780521851695 (hbk.); 9780521851695Subject(s): Communism -- History | Democratization -- Former communist countries | Government, Resistance to -- Former communist countriesDDC classification: 320.532Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Communism and democracy - a problematisation;
Part I. The Experiential Basis of Communism and Democracy:
2. Revolutions, transitions, and uncertainty;
3. The political symbolism of communism;
4. Experiencing democratic transformations;
Part II. Critical Events and their Symbolisations:
5. The rise of Bolshevik power;
6. The emergence of the Cold War;
7. The articulation of dissidence;
8. The collapse of communism;
Part III. Democracy as a Process of Meaning-Formation:
9. The power of memory;
10. The future that failed;
11. Democracy as a civilising process.
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