ISBN:
9781474415897
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Series Statement:
Annual of European and Global Studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.484
Keywords:
Protest movements
;
Revolutions
;
Social change
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Prompted by the 25th anniversary of the Soviet collapse, this volume reflects on revolutions and transformations around the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, the political transformations after 9/11, the important changes following the global economic crisis, and the revolutionary transformations of India and China.
Abstract:
Intro -- Social Transformations and Revolutions -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Trialogue on Revolution and Transformation -- 3 Revolutions, Transformations, Civilisations: Prolegomena to a Paradigm Reorientation -- 4 The Transformation of Capitalism and the Limits of Democracy -- 5 From Civilisational Crisis to Revolutionary Transformation? -- 6 Environmental Crisis and Political Revolutions -- 7 Communists and Social Democrats in the 1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic -- 8 Can Political Participation Become Dangerous for Democracy? Participatory Experiences in Brazil and the Reactions Against Them -- 9 Hidden Revolutionary Processes in 1990s India? -- 10 Matching Reforms of Political and Economic Systems of China -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index.
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