Social movements and the new state : the fate of pro-democracy organizations when democracy is won
Title:
Social movements and the new state : the fate of pro-democracy organizations when democracy is won
Author:
Grodsky, Brian K., 1974-
ISBN:
9780804782319
Publication Information:
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, c2012
Physical Description:
x, 205 p. ; 23 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index.
Abstract:
The world's democracies cheered as the social movements of the Arab Spring ended the reigns of longstanding dictators and ushered in the possibility of democracy. Yet these unique transitions also fit into a broader pattern of democratic breakthroughs around the globe, where political leaders emerge from the pro-democracy movement that helped affect change. In Social Movements and the New State, Brian Grodsky examines the relationships between new political elites and the civil society organizations that brought them to power in three culturally and geographically disparate countr.
Subject:
| Social movements -- Political aspects -- Case studies |
| Democratization -- Case studies |
| Democracy -- Case studies |
Summary:
The world's democracies cheered as the social movements of the Arab Spring ended the reigns of longstanding dictators and ushered in the possibility of democracy. Yet these unique transitions also fit into a broader pattern of democratic breakthroughs around the globe, where political leaders emerge from the pro-democracy movement that helped affect change. In Social Movements and the New State, Brian Grodsky examines the relationships between new political elites and the civil society organizations that brought them to power in three culturally and geographically disparate countr.