Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction: revolution, democracy and Solidarity; The charismatic presentation of natural rights: a Weberian theory of democracy; Formal natural rights and the American Revolution; Substantive natural rights and the French Revolution; Natural rights and liberal capitalist development: an overview; The Marxist-Leninist response to natural rights and liberal capitalism; Solidarity's articulation of natural rights; Solidarity and liberal capitalism; Epilogue: the Polish Revolution in comparative context; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-312) and index
