The Third Wave
Subtitle: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century (Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series, Vol 4)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: March 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780806125169
Subjects: Political ideologies; Political structures: democracy; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; History: World; Democratization; Politics / Current Events; Political Ideologies - Democracy; History & Theory - General; Democracy; 20th century; Authoritarianism; History
First sentence: THE THIRD WAVE OF DEMOCRATIZATION in the modern world began, implausibly and unwittingly, at twenty-five minutes after midnight, Thursday, April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, when a radio station played the song "Grandola Vila Morena."