| Titre | Réformer d'en haut ou démocratiser d'en bas ? | |
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| Auteur | Petr Uhl | |
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Revue | L'Homme et la société |
| Numéro | no 88-89, 2e et 3e trimestre 1988 Staline est mort hier : L'émergence du social en U.R.S.S. | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | L'URSS vue d'URSS. Dossier Écologie en U.R.S.S. |
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| Page | 161-175 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Petr Uhl, Reform from on High or Democratization from Below ?
Gorbachev's reforms have raised much hope and virulent debate within a « normalized » Czechoslovakia generally and, in particular, within Charter 77, the eleven year old organization for the defense of human rights, which is the principal independent civic movement in the country. There are numerous ex-Communists who, within or without Charter 77, associate the Prague Spring of 1968 with perestroïka. Petr Uhl's article is a comparative analysis of these two movements and a general reflection on the importance and limitations of reforms « from on high » or « from below » from the perspective of their relation to a potential radical democratization of these societies. Through a discussion of the effect of Gorbachev's reforms on Czech society and mentality, it is a thoughtful consideration of the notion of democracy itself, and on the future of the democratic currents that Petr Uhl introduces « from the inside ». Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/homso_0018-4306_1988_num_88_2_2348 |
