John Markoff (sociologist)
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John Markoff (born 1942) is Professor of Sociology and History at the University of Pittsburgh.
He has published extensively in sociological, historical and political science journals. He states that his research "concerns the history of democratization, considered as a multi-continental process across several centuries".
His major publications include:
- The Great Wave of Democracy in Historical Perspective (1994), ISBN 0-8014-9658-6
- Waves of Democracy: Social Movements and Political Change (1996), ISBN 0-8039-9019-7
- The Abolition of Feudalism: Peasants, Lords, and Legislators in the French Revolution (1996), ISBN 0-271-01538-1
- Revolutionary Demands: A Content Analysis of the Cahiers de Doléances of 1789 (1998), ISBN 0-8047-2669-8