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Mass Movements and Plebiscitary Democracy: Political Change in Central Eastern Europe
Citation
Pakulski, J, Mass Movements and Plebiscitary Democracy: Political Change in Central Eastern Europe, International Sociology, 10, (4) pp. 409-426. ISSN 0268-5809 (1995) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1177/026858095010004004
Abstract
High expectations of prompt establishment of stable parliamentary democracy in central eastern Europe (CEE) have been dashed by outbursts of populism. Such expectations were unrealistic. This paper argues that the key aspect of change in CEE involved first the mobilisation of mass protest movements and, subsequently, the ‘normalisation’ of these movements into new regimes. These processes are unlikely to lead directly to stable parliamentary democracies. Rather, as Max Weber's analyses suggest, the normalisation of mass movements leads in the direction of ‘plebiscitary democracy’. The development of stable parliamentary democracy in post-communist CEE is hindered by the residues of the very mass mobilisations which initiated the process of democratic change. © 1995, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Sociology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
UTAS Author: | Pakulski, J (Professor Jan Pakulski) |
ID Code: | 5568 |
Year Published: | 1995 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 2 |
Deposited By: | Sociology |
Deposited On: | 1995-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2011-08-24 |
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