TY - BOOK ID - 1746775 TI - Contention and democracy in Europe, 1650-2000 PY - 2004 VL - *1 SN - 0521830087 0521537134 1107148022 0511184204 0511165781 0511312768 0511756097 1280437553 0511163851 0511164653 9780511165788 9780511756092 9780511163852 9780511164651 9781280437557 9786610437559 6610437556 9780521830089 9780521537131 9780511312762 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - History KW - Political systems KW - Europe KW - Democracy KW - -#SBIB:94H0 KW - #SBIB:042.AANKOOP KW - Self-government KW - Political science KW - Equality KW - Representative government and representation KW - Republics KW - Geschiedenis van Europa: algemeen KW - Politics and government. KW - Politics KW - Politics and government KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science KW - History of Europe KW - anno 1600-1699 KW - anno 1800-1999 KW - -Europe UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1746775 AB - 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 (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. ER -