附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Democracy : method and theses -- On method : comparative historical analysis and politics -- Democracy and empirical political theory : from the present to the past -- Revolutions and ideas of democracy : from the past towards the present -- Revolution : chance for democracy -- Revolution and the long path to democracy in France -- Revolution and the failure of democracy in Russia and Germany -- Totalitarianism : antithesis of democracy -- The rise of totalitarian regimes : contrasting France -- Totalitarian regime : Nazi Germany -- Totalitarian regime : Stalin's Soviet Union -- Democracy as synthesis -- Federal Germany : re-tracing a path to democracy -- Communism and its collapse : East Germany and the Soviet Union -- Conclusion : lessons for democracy -- The struggle for modern democracy.
摘要:This innovative volume provides a theoretically informed comparative investigation of the links between revolutions, totalitarianism and democracy.
