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This book is a comprehensive account of the Ethiopian revolution, dealing with the entire span of the revolutionary government's life. Particular emphasis is placed on effectively isolating and articulating the causes and outcomes of the revolution. The author traces the revolution's roots in the weaknesses of the autocratic regime of Haile Selassie, examines the formative years of the revolution in the mid-seventies, when the ideology of scientific socialism was espoused by the ruling military council, and finally charts the consolidation of Mengistu Haile Miriam's power from 1977 to the adoption of a new constitution in 1987. In examining these events, Dr Tiruneh makes extensive use of primary sources written in the national official language. He was also the first Ethiopian nation to write a book on this subject. This book is thus a unique account of a fascinating period, capturing the mood of the revolution as never before, yet firmly grounded in scholarship.

Totalitarianism. --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Ethiopia --- Politics and government --- Totalitarian state --- Authoritarianism --- Collectivism --- Despotism --- Dictatorship --- Fascism --- National socialism

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The collapse of the Soviet Union sounded the death knell for Marxism as a blueprint for social change. Why has this doctrine failed in its grand ambition to liberate the human race from poverty and oppression? This analysis of what Marx and his disciples had to say about democracy sheds light on the reasons for this failure.

Communist state. --- Democracy. --- People's democracies. --- Self-government --- State, Communist --- Political science --- Socialism --- Communist state --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Communism --- State, The --- Dictatorship of the proletariat --- People's democracies --- Democracy

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Political development. --- Welfare state. --- Radicalism. --- Communist state. --- Socialism. --- State, The. --- Development, Political --- Political science --- State, Welfare --- Economic policy --- Public welfare --- Social policy --- State, The --- Welfare economics --- Extremism, Political --- Ideological extremism --- Political extremism --- State, Communist --- Communism --- Socialism --- Dictatorship of the proletariat --- People's democracies --- Marxism --- Social democracy --- Socialist movements --- Collectivism --- Anarchism --- Critical theory --- Administration --- Commonwealth, The --- Sovereignty

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Communism, or as Ken Jowitt prefers, Leninism, has attracted, repelled, mystified, and terrified millions for nearly a century. In his brilliant, timely, and controversial study, New World Disorder, Jowitt identifies and interprets the extraordinary character of Leninist regimes, their political corruption, extinction, and highly unsettling legacy. Earlier attempts to grasp the essence of Leninism have treated the Soviet experience as either a variant of or alien to Western history, an approach that robs Leninism of much of its intriguing novelty. Jowitt instead takes a "polytheist" approach, Weberian in tenor and terms, comparing the Leninist to the liberal experience in the West, rather than assimilating it or alienating it. Approaching the Leninist phenomenon in these terms and spirit emphasizes how powerful the imperatives set by the West for the rest of the world are as sources of emulation, assimilation, rejection, and adaptation; how unyielding premodern forms of identification, organization, and action are; how novel, powerful, and dangerous charisma as a mode of organized indentity and action can be. The progression from essay to essay is lucid and coherent. The first six essays reject the fundamental assumptions about social change that inform the work of modernization theorists. Written between 1974 and 1990, they are, we know now, startingly prescient. The last three essays, written in early 1991, are the most controversial: they will be called alarmist, pessimistic, apocalyptic. They challenge the complacent, optimistic, and self-serving belief that the world is being decisively shaped in the image of the West--that the end of history is at hand.

Communist state. --- Political culture --- Communism. --- Communist state --- Communism --- Political Theory of the State --- Political Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Bolshevism --- Communist movements --- Leninism --- Maoism --- Marxism --- Trotskyism --- Collectivism --- Totalitarianism --- Post-communism --- Socialism --- Village communities --- Culture --- Political science --- State, Communist --- State, The --- Dictatorship of the proletariat --- People's democracies --- 316.323.72 --- 321.74 --- 321.74 Arbeidersraden. Communisme. Dictatuur van het proletariaat. Sovjets volksdemokratie --- Arbeidersraden. Communisme. Dictatuur van het proletariaat. Sovjets volksdemokratie --- 316.323.72 Socialistische maatschappijvormen --- Socialistische maatschappijvormen --- Communist countries --- 1945 --- -Communist state --- adaptation. --- assimilation. --- bolshevik. --- communism. --- communist government. --- controversial. --- emulation. --- extinction. --- gorbachev. --- government and governing. --- inclusion. --- lenin. --- leninism. --- leninist regimes. --- menshevik. --- modernization. --- moscow centre. --- neotraditionalism. --- political charisma. --- political corruption. --- political culture. --- political ideology. --- political legacy. --- politics. --- polytheist approach. --- rejection. --- russia. --- russian history. --- russian politics. --- social change. --- soviet government. --- soviet history. --- soviet politics. --- soviet union. --- soviet.

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France --- --XVIIe s., --- Royauté --- --Souveraineté --- --Guerres puniques --- --War --- Despotism --- Moral and ethical aspects --- History --- Louis --- Military leadership --- History, Military --- Economic aspects --- 342 <09> <44> --- -War --- -Armed conflict (War) --- Conflict, Armed (War) --- Fighting --- Hostilities --- Wars --- International relations --- Military art and science --- Peace --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Dictatorship --- Totalitarianism --- Staatsrecht--(geschiedenis)--Frankrijk --- -History --- -Louis XIV, King of the French --- -Military leadership --- -Economic aspects. --- War --- -Staatsrecht--(geschiedenis)--Frankrijk --- 342 <09> <44> Staatsrecht--(geschiedenis)--Frankrijk --- Pʻŭrangsŭ --- Frankrig --- Francja --- Frant︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Prantsusmaa --- Francia (Republic) --- Tsarfat --- Tsorfat --- Franḳraykh --- Frankreich --- Fa-kuo --- Faguo --- Франция --- French Republic --- République française --- Peurancih --- Frankryk --- Franse Republiek --- Francland --- Frencisc Cynewīse --- فرنسا --- Faransā --- Franza --- Republica Franzesa --- Gallia (Republic) --- Hyãsia --- Phransiya --- Fransa --- Fransa Respublikası --- Franse --- Францыя --- Frantsyi︠a︡ --- Французская Рэспубліка --- Frantsuzskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Parancis --- Pransya --- Franis --- Francuska --- Republika Francuska --- Bro-C'hall --- Френска република --- Frenska republika --- França --- República Francesa --- Pransiya --- Republikang Pranses --- Γαλλία --- Gallia --- Γαλλική Δημοκρατία --- Gallikē Dēmokratia --- فرانسه --- Farānsah --- צרפת --- רפובליקה הצרפתית --- Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit --- פראנקרייך --- 法国 --- 法蘭西共和國 --- Falanxi Gongheguo --- フランス --- Furansu --- フランス共和国 --- Furansu Kyōwakoku --- Francija --- Ranska --- Frankrike --- Armed conflict (War) --- Lodewijk --- le Roi-Soleil --- Louis le Grand --- de Zonnekoning --- Military leadership. --- France (Provisional government, 1944-1946) --- Economic aspects. --- 프랑스 --- Falanxi --- Fa-lan-hsi --- 法蘭西 --- Frankrijk --- Frant︠s︡ --- Франц --- Frant︠s︡ Uls --- Франц Улс --- XVIIe s., 1601-1700 --- Souveraineté --- Guerres puniques --- War - Moral and ethical aspects - France - History - 17th century --- Despotism - France --- Louis - XIV, - King of France, - 1638-1715 - Military leadership --- France - History, Military - 17th century - Economic aspects --- FRANCE --- POLITIQUE ET GOUVERNEMENT --- EUROPE --- HISTOIRE --- ABSOLUTISME --- 17E SIECLE --- 17E-18E SIECLES --- Louis - XIV, - King of France, - 1638-1715 --- Politique et gouvernement