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Collier, Ruth Berins.

Paths toward democracy : the working class and elites in Western Europe and South America / Ruth Berins Collier. - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. - xii, 230 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Cambridge studies in comparative politics .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-221) and index.

Elite conquest or working-class triumph? -- Elite-led reform in early democratization -- Political calculations and socialist parties -- Labor action in recent democratization -- Comparing the patterns: the working class and democratization.

ISBN: 0521643694 hb 9780521643696 hb 0521643821 pb 9780521643825 pb

LCCN: 99012564

Nat. Bib. No.: GB99-W6289

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Democracy--Europe.
Elite (Social sciences)--Political activity.--Europe
Working class--Political activity.--Europe
Democracy--South America.
Elite (Social sciences)--Political activity.--South America
Working class--Political activity.--South America
Labor--Political aspects--Europe.
Démocratie--Europe de l'Ouest
Elite (Sciences sociales)--Activité politique--Europe de l'Ouest
Travailleurs--Activité politique--Europe de l'Ouest
Démocratie--Amérique du Sud
Elite (Sciences sociales)--Activité politique--Amérique du Sud
Travailleurs--Activité politique--Amérique du Sud
Democratisering.
Arbeidersklasse.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Labor--Political aspects--South America.

LC Class. No.: JN94.A91 / C967p 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 320.9182/1