Communism and the Emergence of Democracy

by Harald Wydra

Book Overview

Before democracy becomes an institutionalised form of political authority, the rupture with authoritarian forms of power causes deep uncertainty about power and outcomes. This book connects the study of democratisation in eastern Europe and Russia to the emergence and crisis of communism. Wydra argues that the communist past is not simply a legacy but needs to be seen as a social organism in gestation, where critical events produce new expectations,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521184134
• ISBN13: 9780521184137
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"