Aftershocks : Great Powers and Domestic Reforms in the Twentieth Century / Seva Gunitsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gunitsky, Seva, author.

Series:

Princeton studies in international history and politics.

Princeton Studies in International History and Politics ; 154

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Democratization.

Great powers.

World politics.

Developing countries--Foreign relations--Western countries.

Developing countries.

Developing countries--Foreign relations.

Western countries.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Over the past century, democracy spread around the world in turbulent bursts of change, sweeping across national borders in dramatic cascades of revolution and reform. Aftershocks offers a new global-oriented explanation for this wavelike spread and retreat-not only of democracy but also of its twentieth-century rivals, fascism and communism.Seva Gunitsky argues that waves of regime change are driven by the aftermath of cataclysmic disruptions to the international system. These hegemonic shocks, marked by the sudden rise and fall of great powers, have been essential and often-neglected drivers of domestic transformations. Though rare and fleeting, they not only repeatedly alter the global hierarchy of powerful states but also create unique and powerful opportunities for sweeping national reforms-by triggering military impositions, swiftly changing the incentives of domestic actors, or transforming the basis of political legitimacy itself. As a result, the evolution of modern regimes cannot be fully understood without examining the consequences of clashes between great powers, which repeatedly-and often unsuccessfully-sought to cajole, inspire, and intimidate other states into joining their camps.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustration

Preface and Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: A Century of Shocks and Waves

2. From Crests to Collapses: The Sources of Failure in Democratic Waves

3. The Alchemy of War

4. A Low Dishonest Decade

5. Two Ways of Life

6. The Winds from the East

7. Conclusion: Beyond the Great Plateau

Appendix 1: Regime Classifications, 1900-2000

Appendix 2: Regime Impositions

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

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ISBN:

9781400885329

1400885329

OCLC:

980907983