Freedom's Ordeal: The Struggle For Human Rights And Democracy In Post-soviet States (pennsylvania Studies In Human Rights)
by Peter Juviler /
1997 / English / PDF
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Fifteen countries have emerged from the collapse of the Soviet
Union.
Fifteen countries have emerged from the collapse of the Soviet
Union.Freedom's Ordeal
Freedom's Ordeal recounts the struggles of these
newly independent nations to achieve freedom and to establish
support for fundamental human rights. Although history has shown
that states emerging from collapsed empires rarely achieve full
democracy in their first try, Peter Juviler analyzes these
successor states as crucial and not always unpromising tests of
democracy's viability in postcommunist countries. Taking into
account the particularly difficult legacies of Soviet communism,
recounts the struggles of these
newly independent nations to achieve freedom and to establish
support for fundamental human rights. Although history has shown
that states emerging from collapsed empires rarely achieve full
democracy in their first try, Peter Juviler analyzes these
successor states as crucial and not always unpromising tests of
democracy's viability in postcommunist countries. Taking into
account the particularly difficult legacies of Soviet communism,Freedom's Ordeal
Freedom's Ordeal is distinguished by its careful tracing
of the historical background, with special attention to human
rights before, during, and after communism. Juviler suggests that
the culture and practices of despotism may wither wherever
modernization conflicts with tyranny and with the curtailment or
denial of democratic rights and freedoms.
is distinguished by its careful tracing
of the historical background, with special attention to human
rights before, during, and after communism. Juviler suggests that
the culture and practices of despotism may wither wherever
modernization conflicts with tyranny and with the curtailment or
denial of democratic rights and freedoms.
