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Social movements and the new state : the fate of pro-democracy organizations when democracy is won /

The world's democracies cheered as the social movements of the Arab Spring ended the reigns of longstanding dictators and ushered in the possibility of democracy. Yet these unique transitions also fit into a broader pattern of democratic breakthroughs around the globe, where political leaders e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grodsky, Brian K., 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The world's democracies cheered as the social movements of the Arab Spring ended the reigns of longstanding dictators and ushered in the possibility of democracy. Yet these unique transitions also fit into a broader pattern of democratic breakthroughs around the globe, where political leaders emerge from the pro-democracy movement that helped affect change. In Social Movements and the New State, Brian Grodsky examines the relationships between new political elites and the civil society organizations that brought them to power in three culturally and geographically disparate countr.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 205 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index.
ISBN:9780804783668
0804783667