The 1948<i>Coup d'État</i>in Prague Through the Eyes of the American Embassy

Lukes, Igor

doi:10.1080/09592296.2011.599644

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“…The only state from among the 14 cases where the intrastate indicator did not emerge was Slovenia typified with the obstreperously militant culture of political violence. In the states with the placid patterns, the manifestations of the intrastate indicator were the following: Estonia -the 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt finished in 1924 (Valge 2011) and Slovakia -the 1948Czechoslovak coup d'état in 1948(Lukes 2011). Note should be taken, the Prague Spring (1968) does not meet the critical criteria of the intrastate indicator introduced in the theoretical framework because it was not an intervention in politics organized by the ruled subject to take the place of the ruling subject.…”

Section: Intrastate Regional and Colonial Explaining Indicatorsmentioning

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Theorizing Cultures of Political Violence in Times of Austerity

Rak¹

2018

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Why did some protest movements turn to force when others did not in times of austerity? How has it influenced political structures of the Eurozone states? In this empirically rich, methodologically advanced, and theoretically innovative book, Joanna Rak open-mindedly addresses important research problems of the sources and consequences of differences and similarities across cultures of political violence formed by the post-2008 anti-austerity movements in Europe. Not only does Rak's study contribute to our understanding of what happened in austerity-driven societies, but it also makes an important contribution to the Social Sciences by creating and applying a compelling non-traditional research design that allows a researcher to verify methodological correctness and analytical effectiveness of theoretical frameworks. Those who are interested in how to analyze contentious politics now have an excellent work to read!' Roman Bäcker, The former President of Polish Political Science Association 'Joanna Rak has written an admirably clear, rigorously designed and conducted comparative study of European anti-austerity movements. This book does more than challenge the students of contention to think critically about conceptual and explanatory frameworks of cultures of political violence. By formulating and testing new analytical tools, the study pushes us to reconsider a traditional research process and the use of theoretical categories in comparative politics and social movement studies.' Adam Wielomski, The President of Political and Legal Theory Association 'This timely and innovative research allows us to understand how broad civil historical contexts shaped placid, hector-led, and militant cultures of political violence in austerity-driven Europe. Drawing upon the pieces of data in 14 languages and a comprehensive literature review, Joanna Rak creates entirely new databases for anti-austerity movements. In skillfully combining qualitative and quantitative comparative techniques, she achieves both theory-verification and theory-generation aims. The analysis makes significant methodological and theoretical advances as Rak devises a gradable theoretical category of a culture of political violence. Her original theoretical framework introduces a refreshingly new way to bring together accomplishments in the study of contentious politics and history. Rak paves the way for further research and discussion about a nature of contemporary cultures of political violence.'

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Section: Intrastate Regional and Colonial Explaining Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%