192 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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'
Biography
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.
