Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000

This analysis of the relationship between democratization and contentious politics builds upon the model set forth in Dynamics of Contention (Cambridge, 2001). Comparing the Low Countries, Iberia, France, the British Isles, the Balkans, Russia, and other European regions over three and a half turbulent centuries, the book demonstrates how similar recurrent causal mechanisms in ...

This analysis of the relationship between democratization and contentious politics builds upon the model set forth in Dynamics of Contention (Cambridge, 2001). Comparing the Low Countries, Iberia, France, the British Isles, the Balkans, Russia, and other European regions over three and a half turbulent centuries, the book demonstrates how similar recurrent causal mechanisms in different combinations, sequences, and initial conditions produced contrasting trajectories toward and away from democracy in different parts of the continent. Also available: Dynamics of Contention 0-521-80588-0 Hardback $60.00 C 0-521-01187-6 Paperback $22.00 D

查尔斯·蒂利，撰写和主编了大量有关政治过程、不平等以及欧洲史等方面的论文与作品，同时出版了20多部学术著作。蒂利曾在特拉华大学（University of Delaware）、哈佛大学（Harvard University）、多伦多大学（the University of Toronto）、密歇根大学（the University of Michigan）任教，并开展学术研究。目前，蒂利是哥伦比亚大学的约瑟夫·伯滕威泽（the Joseph L.Buttenwieser）讲座教授。