Paths to democracy
Subtitle: revolution and totalitarianism
By: Rosemary H. T. O'Kane.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Democracy -- History.; Revolutions -- History.; Totalitarianism -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Democracy : method and theses; title: On method : comparative historical analysis and politics; title: Democracy and empirical political theory : from the present to the past; title: Revolutions and ideas of democracy : from the past towards the present; title: Revolution : chance for democracy; title: Revolution and the long path to democracy in France; title: Revolution and the failure of democracy in Russia and Germany; title: Totalitarianism : antithesis of democracy; title: The rise of totalitarian regimes : contrasting France; title: Totalitarian regime : Nazi Germany; title: Totalitarian regime : Stalin's Soviet Union; title: Democracy as synthesis; title: Federal Germany : re-tracing a path to democracy; title: Communism and its collapse : East Germany and the Soviet Union; title: Conclusion : lessons for democracy; title: The struggle for modern democracy.