Democracy, revolution, and history

Democracy, revolution, and history

by Skocpol, Theda

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"The work of Barrington Moore, Jr. is one of the landmarks of modern social science. A distinguished roster of contributors here discusses the influence of his best-known work, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Their individual perspectives combine in delineating Moore's contributions to the transformation of comparative and historical social science over the past several decades."--Jacket

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  • Full title :Democracy, revolution, and history / edited by Theda Skocpol with the assistance of George Ross, Tony Smith, Judith Eisenberg Vichniac.

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"The work of Barrington Moore, Jr. is one of the landmarks of modern social science. A distinguished roster of contributors here discusses the influence of his best-known work, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Their individual perspectives combine in delineating Moore's contributions to the transformation of comparative and historical social science over the past several decades."--Jacket

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1998.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (x, 273 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781501718113, 1501718118
  • oclc:ocn607061248
  • LC Classification:HN13
  • Dewey Decimal:306/.09

Table of Contents

Barrington Moore's Social origins and beyond: historical social analysis since the 1960s / George Ross, Theda Skopol, Tony Smith, and Judith Eisenberg Vichniac -- War and the state in early modern Europe / Brian M. Downing -- Where do rights come from? / Charles Tilly -- Did the Civil War further American democracy? A reflection on the expansion of benefits for Union veterans / Theda Skopol -- Development, revolution, democracy, and dictatorship: China vs. India? / Edward Friedman -- Intellectuals, social classes, and revolutions / Michael Walzer -- Building, bridging, and breaching the color line: rural collective action in Louisiana and Cuba, 1865-1912 / Rebecca J. Scott -- Religious toleration and Jewish emancipation in France and in Germany / Judith Eisenberg Vichniac -- The international origins of democracy: the American occupation of Japan and Germany / Tony Smith -- The political sources of democracy: the macropolitics of microeconomic policy disputes / Peter A. Gourevitch -- Fin de siècle globalization, democratization, and the Moore theses: a European case study / George Ross.

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