Modern Revolution Social Change and Cultural

Using a comparative historical methodology, this book analyzes and contrasts the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia with China's Tiananmen Square rebellion from socio-cultural and political economic perspectives.

Preface and Acknowledgments

vii

I. Introduction: Modern Revolution in Perspective

1

(6)

II. Methodology, Etiology, and Dynamics

7

(32)

III. Histories of Democracy

39

(16)

A. Prague Spring as Prologue

43

(12)

IV. The Power of Human Rights

55

(14)

V. The Quiddity of the Economy

69

(6)

VI. The Gorbachev Phenomenon

75

(6)

VII. Mass Media, Meaning, and Mobilization

81

(10)

VIII. The Role of Relative Deprivation

91

(8)

IX. Acquiescence of the Military

99

(6)

X. Revolutionary Rehearsal and the Case(s) of China

105

(34)

XI. Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Forward

139

(14)

Appendix 1: Selected Chronology of Event-Processes

153

(28)

Appendix 2: Charter 77 Declaration

181

(6)

Appendix 3: Hunger Strike Announcement

187

(4)

Bibliography

191

Author Biographical Sketch

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Modern Revolution Social Change and Cultural Continuity in Czechoslovakia and China

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