Fifteen countries have emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Freedom’s Ordeal recounts the struggles of these newly independent nations to achieve freedom and to establish support for fundamental human rights. Although history has shown that states emerging from collapsed empires rarely achieve full democracy in their first try, Peter Juviler analyzes these successor states as crucial and not always unpromising tests of democracy’s viability in postcommunist countries. Taking into account the particularly difficult legacies of Soviet communism,
Freedom’s Ordeal is distinguished by its careful tracing of the historical background, with special attention to human rights before, during, and after communism. Juviler suggests that the culture and practices of despotism may wither wherever modernization conflicts with tyranny and with the curtailment or denial of democratic rights and freedoms.
Freedom’s Ordeal recounts the struggles of these newly independent nations to achieve freedom and to establish support for fundamental human rights. Although history has shown that states emerging from collapsed empires rarely achieve full democracy in their first try, Peter Juviler analyzes these successor states as crucial and not always unpromising tests of democracy’s viability in postcommunist countries. Taking into account the particularly difficult legacies of Soviet communism,
Freedom’s Ordeal is distinguished by its careful tracing of the historical background, with special attention to human rights before, during, and after communism. Juviler suggests that the culture and practices of despotism may wither wherever modernization conflicts with tyranny and with the curtailment or denial of democratic rights and freedoms.
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Peter Juviler is Professor of Political Science at Barnard College and Codirector of the Human Rights Center at Columbia University.Cumpărați această carte electronică și primiți încă 1 GRATUIT!
Limba Engleză ● Format PDF ● Pagini 312 ● ISBN 9780812202397 ● Mărime fișier 4.6 MB ● Editura University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. ● Oraș Philadelphia ● Țară US ● Publicat 2010 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 2345607 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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