TY - BOOK AU - Wydra, Harald TI - Comunism and the emergence of democracy SN - 0521851696 U1 - 320.532 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Communism KW - Former communist countries KW - Democratization N1 - Communism and democracy-a problematisation -- pt. I. The experiential basis of communism and democracy -- Revolutions, transitions, and uncertainty -- The political symbolism of communism -- Experiencing democratic transformations -- pt. II. Critical events and their symbolisations -- The rise of Bolshevik power -- The emergence of the Cold War -- The articulation of dissidence -- The collapse of communism -- pt. III. Democracy as a process of meaning-formation -- The power of memory -- The future that failed -- Democracy as a civilising process ER -