Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000
by Charles Tilly
Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
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Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000, first published in 2004, is an analysis of the relationship between democratization and contentious politics that builds upon the model set forth in the pathbreaking book, Dynamics of Contention. Using a sustained comparison of French and British histories since 1650 or so as a springboard for more general comparison within Europe Contention and Democracy goes on to demonstrate that democratization occurred as result of struggles during which show more (as in 19th century Britain and France) few, if any, of the participants were self-consciously trying to create democratic institutions. Consequently, circumstances for democratization vary from era to era, region to region as functions of previous history, international environments, available models of political organization, and predominant patterns of social relations. show lessTags
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Social scientist Charles Tilly was born in Lombard, Illinois on May 27, 1929. He graduated from Harvard Univeristy with a bachelor's degree in 1950 and a docorate in sociology in 1958. He also studied at Oxford University and the Catholic University in Angers, France. During the Korean War, he served in the Navy. He taught sociology and political show more science at numerous univeristies including the University of Delaware, Harvard University, the University of Toronto, the University of Michigan and Columbia University. During his lifetime, he wrote 51 books and monographs and more than 600 scholoarly articles. He received numerous awards including the Albert O. Hirschman Award from the Social Science Research Council. He died from lymphoma on April 29, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000
- Important places
- Europe
- Original language
- English
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- Politics and Government, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 320.94 — Society, government, & culture Political science Types of Government Political situation and conditions Europe
- LCC
- JN8 .T55 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (Europe) Political institutions and public administration (Europe) General
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