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BL
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958830
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b713200
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| Main Entry
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O'Kane, Rosemary H. T.
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Paths to democracy : : revolution and totalitarianism /\ Rosemary H.T. O'Kane.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2004.
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1 online resource (xi, 274 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203345231
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: 0203561287
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: 1280036710
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: 6610036713
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: 9780203345238
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: 9780203561287
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: 9781280036712
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: 9786610036714
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0415314739
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0415314747
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9780415314732
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9780415314749
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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| 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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Democracy-- History.
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Totalitarianism-- History.
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Democracy.
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Law, Politics Government.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Democracy.
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Political Science.
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Political Theory of the State.
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Totalitarianism.
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| Dewey Classification
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321.8/094
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JC421.O43 2004eb
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