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OverviewAt the close of the 20th century, democracy appeared to have overcome the Cold War partition of the world, as countries across the globe had deposed autocratic regimes and held free elections. Nowhere were these developments dramatized more brightly than in Eastern Europe in 1989, as newly formed civic movements replaced long-standing Leninist regimes with democratic governments. Yet it is clear that the waves of democracy that initially seemed similar have led to widely varying outcomes. While some countries in Eastern Europe were invited to join NATO and the European Union, others were excluded. Former communists were elected to power in post-communist Poland and Hungary, but were largely absent in the Czech Republic and were transformed into populists in Slovakia. These differences have led the author to address several questions, including: How similar actually were the Leninist regimes before their dissolution, and how similar were their demises? How did the way communism fell affect the founding of democratic states in Eastern Europe, notably in Poland and Czechoslovakia? Full Product DetailsAuthor: John K. GlennPublisher: Stanford University Press Imprint: Stanford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.426kg ISBN: 9780804738613ISBN 10: 0804738610 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 01 May 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"""Deftly and reflectively, John Glenn shows us how the dismantling of state socialism followed contrasting paths in Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, with fateful consequences for later attempts to install democratic institutions. He also provides an admirable model for the combination of deep local knowledge with systematic comparison. Bravo!"" - Charles Tilly, Columbia University ""There is much to be admired here... The discussion of the roundtable negotiations in Czecho-Slovakia is one of the best accounts that exists in English... It is particularly valuable for social scientists working on democratization in Eastern and Central Europe who wish to learn more about the latest developments in social movement theory and social movement specialists who wish to learn more about Eastern and Central Europe."" - Slavic Review ""Overall, Glenn provides a valuable integration of the literature of social movements with the democratization literature. It is clear from Glenn's work that the framing of social movements has much to contribute to an understanding of the process of democratization. The greatest strength of Glenn's work is his joining of two disparate literatures."" - Contemporary Sociology ""Framing Democracy has a number of strengths. It is pithy, well organized, and nicely written. The author's account of the history of the Czechoslovak change of regime is well crafted and makes for some good reading."" - Journal of Politics" There is much to be admired here. . . . The discussion of the roundtable negotiations in Czecho-Slovakia is one of the best accounts that exists in English. . . . It is particularly valuable for social scientists working on democratization in Eastern and Central Europe who wish to learn more about the latest developments in social movement theory and social movement specialists who wish to learn more about Eastern and Central Europe. -- Slavic Review Deftly and reflectively, John Glenn shows us how the dismantling of state socialism followed contrasting paths in Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, with fateful consequences for later attempts to install democratic institutions. He also provides an admirable model for the combination of deep local knowledge with systematic comparison. Bravo! - Charles Tilly, Columbia University There is much to be admired here... The discussion of the roundtable negotiations in Czecho-Slovakia is one of the best accounts that exists in English... It is particularly valuable for social scientists working on democratization in Eastern and Central Europe who wish to learn more about the latest developments in social movement theory and social movement specialists who wish to learn more about Eastern and Central Europe. - Slavic Review Overall, Glenn provides a valuable integration of the literature of social movements with the democratization literature. It is clear from Glenn's work that the framing of social movements has much to contribute to an understanding of the process of democratization. The greatest strength of Glenn's work is his joining of two disparate literatures. - Contemporary Sociology Framing Democracy has a number of strengths. It is pithy, well organized, and nicely written. The author's account of the history of the Czechoslovak change of regime is well crafted and makes for some good reading. - Journal of Politics Framing Democracy is a fine contribution to the literatures on democratization and post-Communist transitions. In Its efort to bring social movement into the study of democratization, it is far more theoretically ambitious than many works in this area. And in its simultaneous use of detailed knowledge from particular cases and systematic comparison across the cases, it sheds new light on the ways in which Communist systems were transformed into democratic regions. -- American Journal of Sociology Deftly and reflectively, John Glenn shows us how the dismantling of state socialism followed contrasting paths in Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, with fateful consequences for later attempts to install democratic institutions. He also provides an admirable model for the combination of deep local knowledge with systematic comparison. Bravo! -- Charles Tilly Columbia University Framing Democracy has a number of strengths. It is pithy, well organized, and nicely written. The author's account of the history of the Czechoslovak change of regime is well crafted and makes for some good reading. -- Journal of Politics Overall, Glenn provides a valuable integration of the literature of social movements with the democratization literature. It is clear from Glenn's work that the framing of social movements has much to contribute to an understanding of the process of democratization. The greatest strength of Glenn's work is his joining of two disparate literatures. -- Contemporary Sociology There is much to be admired here... The discussion of the roundtable negotiations in Czecho-Slovakia is one of the best accounts that exists in English... It is particularly valuable for social scientists working on democratization in Eastern and Central Europe who wish to learn more about the latest developments in social movement theory and social movement specialists who wish to learn more about Eastern and Central Europe. -- Slavic Review Author InformationJohn K. Glenn, III is Executive Director of the Council for European Studies, a consortium of universities and colleges hosted by Columbia University, and a Visiting Scholar at New York University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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