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040 _cCUS
082 0 4 _a320.532
_bWYD/C
100 1 _aWydra, Harald.
245 1 0 _aCommunism and the emergence of democracy /
_cHarald Wydra.
260 _aCambridge, UK ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2007.
300 _aix, 314 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _a1. Communism and democracy - a problematisation; Part I. The Experiential Basis of Communism and Democracy: 2. Revolutions, transitions, and uncertainty; 3. The political symbolism of communism; 4. Experiencing democratic transformations; Part II. Critical Events and their Symbolisations: 5. The rise of Bolshevik power; 6. The emergence of the Cold War; 7. The articulation of dissidence; 8. The collapse of communism; Part III. Democracy as a Process of Meaning-Formation: 9. The power of memory; 10. The future that failed; 11. Democracy as a civilising process.
650 0 _aCommunism
_xHistory
650 0 _aDemocratization
_zFormer communist countries.
650 0 _aGovernment, Resistance to
_zFormer communist countries.
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