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Bourgeoisie, state, and democracy : Russia, Britain, France, Germany, and the USA / Graeme Gill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gill, Graeme J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle class--Russia (Federation)--Political activity.
- Middle class.
- Middle class--Western countries--Political activity.
- Social classes--Political aspects--Russia (Federation).
- Social classes.
- Social classes--Political aspects--Western countries.
- Political participation--Russia (Federation).
- Political participation.
- Political participation--Western countries.
- Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.
- Russia (Federation).
- Western countries--Politics and government.
- Western countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (396 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One of the key questions in social science is the role of the bourgeoisie in creating a democracy. An important issue in contemporary international politics is the trajectory of the current Russian political system. This book brings these questions together by exploring the role played by the bourgeoisie in shaping political outcomes in five countries: contemporary Russia, and industrial revolution Britain, France, Germany and the USA. Its main focus is the way the different newbusiness classes have been integrated into the political system, and the implications this had for the political traj
- Contents:
- The bourgeoisie : creators of democracy?
- The making of a social class : the western bourgeoisie
- The making of a social class : the post-Soviet bourgeoisie
- Bourgeois representation in political life
- Post-Soviet bourgeois representation in political life
- Class and state : the western bourgeoisie
- Class and state : the post-Soviet bourgeoisie.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-345) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-85328-3
- 9786611853280
- 0-19-156261-0
- OCLC:
- 256130996
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