The Polish solidarity movement : revolution, democracy and natural rights /
This book provides a groundbreaking analysis of democratization in Poland by placing Solidarity in the context of the major democratic upheavals of modernity; the French and American Revolutions.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1997.
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| Series: | Routledge studies of societies in transition ;
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction: revolution, democracy and Solidarity; The charismatic presentation of natural rights: a Weberian theory of democracy; Formal natural rights and the American Revolution; Substantive natural rights and the French Revolution; Natural rights and liberal capitalist development: an overview; The Marxist-Leninist response to natural rights and liberal capitalism; Solidarity's articulation of natural rights; Solidarity and liberal capitalism; Epilogue: the Polish Revolution in comparative context; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
