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  • Civil Society Before Democracy

    Lessons from Nineteenth-Century Europe

    by Nancy Bermeo, Alberto Banti, Valerie Bunce, Laura Engelstein, Thomas Ertman, Raymond Huard, Jan Kubik, Adrian Lyttleton, Robert Morris0, Antonio Costa Pinto1, Pedro Tavares de Almeida2, Klaus Tenfelde3 ...
    Bringing together historians and political scientists, this unique collaboration compares nineteenth-century civil societies that failed to develop lasting democracies with civil societies that succeeded. Much of the current literature on the connection between civil society and consolidating democracy focuses exclusively on single, contemporary polities that are ever-changing and uncertain. By ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Rebellious Civil Society

    Popular Protest and Democratic Consolidation in Poland, 1989-1993

    by Grzegorz Ekiert, Jan Kubik ...
    Poland is the only country in which popular protest and mass opposition, epitomized by the Solidarity movement, played a significant role in bringing down the communist regime. This book, the first comprehensive study of the politics of protest in postcommunist Central Europe, shows that organized protests not only continued under the new regime but also had a powerful impact on Poland's ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Continuity and Change in Political Culture

    Israel and Beyond

    by Saliba Sarsar, Yossi Beilin, Naomi Chazan, Joel Migdal, Yael Zeruvabel, Roland Vazquez, Jan Kubik, Nadav G. Shelef, Myron J. Aronoff, Yael S. Aronoff0, Ilan Peleg2 ...
    Ten leading scholars and practitioners of politics, political science, anthropology, Israel studies, and Middle East affairs address the theme of continuity and change in political culture as a tribute to Professor Myron (Mike) J. Aronoff whose work on political culture has built conceptual and methodological bridges between political science and anthropology.Topics include the legitimacy of the ... Read more

    $45.39 CAD

  • Postcommunism from Within

    Social Justice, Mobilization, and Hegemony

    Edited by Jan Kubik, Amy Linch ...
    Series Book 8 - Social Science Research Council
    While the decline of communism in the late twentieth century brought democracy, political freedom, and better economic prospects for many people, it also produced massive social dislocation and engendered social problems that were far less pronounced under the old regimes. The fall of state socialism led to enormously complex political, economic, social, and cultural transformations, and while ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • The Social Movement Society

    Contentious Politics for a New Century

    by David S. Meyer, Matthew Crozat, Patricia L. Hipsher, Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, Margaret E. Keck, Bert Klandermans, Jan Kubik, Clark McPhail, Johan Olivier, Donatella Della Porta0, Herbert Reiter1, Marlene Roefs2, Dieter Rucht3, John D. McCarthy4, Kathryn Sikkink5 ...
    Series series People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P
    Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from Europe and the U.S., and from both political science and sociology, to consider the ways in which the ... Read more

    $71.69 CAD

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    A Century Later

    by Samir Amin ...
    Great revolutions make history. Conservative resistance and counter-revolutions only delay their progress. The French revolution invented modern politics and democracy, the Russian revolution paved the way for the socialist transition, while the Chinese revolution connected the emancipation of those peoples oppressed by imperialism with the path to socialism. These revolutions are great precisely ... Read more

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  • Post-Imperial Democracies

    Ideology and Party Formation in Third Republic France, Weimar Germany, and Post-Soviet Russia

    by Stephen E. Hanson ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    This book examines the causal impact of ideology through a comparative-historical analysis of three cases of 'post-imperial democracy': the early Third Republic in France (1870–86); the Weimar Republic in Germany (1918–34); and post-Soviet Russia (1992–2008). Hanson argues that political ideologies are typically necessary for the mobilization of enduring, independent national party organizations ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • The Politics of Citizenship in Europe

    by Marc Morjé Howard ...
    In this book, Howard addresses immigrant integration, one of the most critical challenges facing European countries, the resolution of which will in large part depend on how foreigners can become citizens. Howard's research shows that despite remarkable convergence in their economic, judicial, and social policies, the countries of the European Union still maintain very different definitions of ... Read more

    $34.39 CAD

  • The Age of Empire

    1875-1914

    by Prof Eric Hobsbawm ...
    THE AGE OF EMPIRE is a book about the strange death of the nineteenth century, the world made by and for liberal middle classes in the name of universal progress and civilisation. It is about hopes realised which turned into fears: an era of unparalleled peace engendering an era of unparalleled war; revolt and revolution emerging on the outskirts of society; a time of profound identity crisis for ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • After Europe

    by Ivan Krastev ...
    In this provocative book, renowned public intellectual Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the European Union—and its potential lack of a future. With far-right nationalist parties on the rise across the continent and the United Kingdom planning for Brexit, the European Union is in disarray and plagued by doubts as never before. Krastev includes chapters devoted to Europe's major problems ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

  • Conservatism

    The Fight for a Tradition

    by Edmund Fawcett ...
    A fresh and sharp-eyed history of political conservatism from its nineteenth-century origins to today’s hard RightFor two hundred years, conservatism has defied its reputation as a backward-looking creed by confronting and adapting to liberal modernity. By doing so, the Right has won long periods of power and effectively become the dominant tradition in politics. Yet, despite their success, ... Read more

    $25.29 CAD

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  • Counter-Revolution

    Liberal Europe in Retreat

    by Jan Zielonka ...
    Can open society survive? Is Europe disintegrating? How to overcome the economic crisis? Will Europeans feel secure again? Counter Revolution is a bold attempt to make sense of the extraordinary events taking place in Europe today. It examines the counter-revolution developing in Europe, exploring its roots and implications. The book takes the form of a series of heartfelt letters to the late ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD