Communism and the emergence of democracy / Harald Wydra
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010
Descript
ix, 314p. ; 23 cm
CONTENT
Communism and democracy - a problematisation. -- Revolutions, transition, and uncertainty. -- The political symbolism of communism. -- Experiencing democratic transformations. -- The rise of Bolshevik power. -- The emergence of the Cold War. -- The articulation of dissidence. -- The collapse of communism. -- The power of memory. -- The future that failed. -- Democracy as a civilising process.