
The Social Construction of Democracy
New York University Press
Published on 1. May 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
456 pages
978-0-8147-1506-2 (ISBN)
Description
The recent revival of democracy across much of the globe, and the fragility of many of the new regimes, has inspired renewed interest in the origins of dictatorship and democracy in modern times. Assembling renowned specialists on Eastern and Western Europe, the U.S., Latin America and Japan, The Social Construction of Democracy explores the reasons for the success and failure of democracies over the past 100 years. With its sharp portraits of nations on four continents, George Reid Andrews and Herrick Chapman shed light on the historical process by which state institutions and social movements interact to create political systems based on the principle of popular sovereignty.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8147-1506-2 (9780814715062)
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George Reid Andrews is Professor of History and UCIS Research Professor of International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Herrick Chapman is Associate Professor of History and of French Civilization at New York University.