Democracy : method and theses -- On method : comparative historical analysis and politics -- Democracy and empirical political theory : from the present to the past -- Revolutions and ideas of democracy : from the past towards the present -- Revolution : chance for democracy -- Revolution and the long path to democracy in France -- Revolution and the failure of democracy in Russia and Germany -- Totalitarianism : antithesis of democracy -- The rise of totalitarian regimes : contrasting France -- Totalitarian regime : Nazi Germany -- Totalitarian regime : Stalin's Soviet Union -- Democracy as synthesis -- Federal Germany : re-tracing a path to democracy -- Communism and its collapse : East Germany and the Soviet Union -- Conclusion : lessons for democracy -- The struggle for modern democracy.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This innovative volume provides a theoretically informed comparative investigation of the links between revolutions, totalitarianism and democracy.
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Title
Paths to democracy.
International Standard Book Number
0415314739
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Democracy-- History.
Totalitarianism-- History.
Democracy.
Law, Politics & Government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Democracy.