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Waves of democracy : social movements and political change / John Markoff, University of Pittsburgh.
LIBRA JC421 .M347 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Markoff, John, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--History.
- Democracy.
- History.
- Social movements--History.
- Social movements.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2015]
- Summary:
- New to the Second Edition, Two new chapters: "Beyond the Great Democratic Wave" and "Into the Twenty-First Century", A new section, "Emerging Critiques of Democracy," in Chapter 3, Coverage of Occupy movements and US elections as well as recent international developments, Discussion of the role of social media in new social movements, with a spotlight on China, Africa, and the Middle East Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 A Quick History of Modern Democracy 1
- Democratic (and Antidemocratic) Waves 2
- A Look Ahead 13
- 2 States, Social Movement Challengers, and Elite Reformers 15
- Power and Myths about Power 16
- The Transnational Dimension 22
- An Example: The Abolition of Slavery in the Americas 23
- Social Movements in National and Transnational Contexts 25
- A World of States 34
- Reforming Insiders and the Challenge of Social Movements 38
- Conclusions 39
- 3 Eighteenth-Century Revolution, Nineteenth-Century Eddies 41
- Democratic Breakthrough 42
- How the Institutions and Ideas of Democracy Spread 55
- An Example: The Multicontinental Women's Movement 72
- Political Creativity in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 73
- Emerging Critiques of Democracy 76
- Conclusions 78
- 4 Twentieth-Century Pendulum Swings 80
- The Eve of the Great War 81
- A Democratic Surge: 1910-1925 83
- Alternating Currents 85
- Explaining the Ebb and Flow of Democratization 91
- Conclusions 111
- 5 Semidemocracy, Pseudodemocracy, Democracy 113
- Facade Democracy 115
- Democratic-Authoritarian Hybrids: Elections 117
- Democratic Sham 125
- A Two-Edged Sword 126
- Democracy ... or Democratization? 131
- Why Democracy Cannot Be Reduced to Elections 133
- The "Invention" of Democracy 136
- Conclusions 141
- 6 Beyond the Great Democratic Wave 142
- Hope and Disappointment: A Haitian Example 142
- Even the Great Wave Had Limits 143
- Containing Democratization 145
- New Movements for Democracy 156
- 7 Into the Twenty-First Century: New Challenges, New Opportunities 159
- An Election Campaign in Democratic Spain, 2011 159
- Recapitulation 161
- Transnationalization 164
- A Small List of Big Questions 167
- New Democratic Challenges 172
- What's Next? 182.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781612052922
- 1612052924
- 9781612052939
- 1612052932
- OCLC:
- 881875876
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