The Polish Solidarity Movement: Revolution, Democracy and Natural Rights (Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition)

this Book Provides A Groundbreaking Analysis Of Democratization In Poland By Placing Solidarity In The Context Of The Major Democratic Upheavals Of Modernity: The French And American Revolutions. Departing From Case Studies Of Solidarity That Treat The Movement In Isolation, This Study Undertakes The First Full Historical Comparison Of The Polish Movement With The Ideals And Institutions Of Democracy Achieved In The Last Three Centuries. arista Maria Cirtautas Explains That The Institutionalization Of A Strong Democracy In Poland Will Ultimately Depend Upon Whether The Similarities To The Great Tradition Of Democratic Revolution Outweighs The Differences. booknews provides A Groundbreaking Analysis Of Democratization In Poland By Placing Solidarity In The Context Of The Major Democratic Upheavals Of Modernity: The French And American Revolutions. Explains That The Institutionalization Of A Strong Democracy In Poland Will Ultimately Depend On Whether The Similarities To The Great Tradition Of Democratic Revolutions Outweigh The Differences. Contains Chapters On The Weberian Theory Of Democracy, Natural Rights And Liberal Capitalist Development, The Marxist-leninist Response To Natural Rights And Liberal Capitalism, And Solidarity And Liberal Capitalism. Annotation C. By Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 10 Introduction: revolution, democracy and Solidarity......Page 14 The charismatic presentation of natural rights: a Weberian theory of democracy......Page 34 Formal natural rights and the American Revolution......Page 65 Substantive natural rights and the French Revolution......Page 88 Natural rights and liberal capitalist development: an overview......Page 118 The Marxist-Leninist response to natural rights and liberal capitalism......Page 146 Solidarity's articulation of natural rights......Page 178 Solidarity and liberal capitalism......Page 219 Epilogue: the Polish Revolution in comparative context......Page 269 Notes......Page 276 Bibliography......Page 314 Index......Page 326