Preface | p. vii |
Introduction: The Comparative and Historical Study of Revolutions | p. 1 |
Theories of Revolutions | p. 21 |
Classic Approaches | p. 23 |
Manifesto of the Communist Party | p. 23 |
The French Revolution and the Growth of the State | p. 31 |
Charisma, Bureaucracy, and Revolution | p. 33 |
The Debate on Modernization | p. 37 |
Revolution and Political Order | p. 37 |
Does Modernization Breed Revolution? | p. 45 |
The Origins of Revolutions | p. 55 |
Peasants and Revolutions | p. 55 |
Revolutions: A Structural Analysis | p. 63 |
Revolutions in Modern Dictatorships | p. 69 |
Agency and Culture in Revolutions | p. 76 |
The Outcomes of Revolutions | p. 85 |
Revolution and the Rebirth of Inequality: Stratification in Postrevolutionary Society | p. 86 |
Gender and Revolutions | p. 94 |
Dictatorship or Democracy: Outcomes of Revolution in Iran and Nicaragua | p. 107 |
The Impact of Revolution on Social Welfare in Latin America | p. 120 |
Counter-Revolution | p. 136 |
Revolution and War | p. 140 |
The Diffusion of Revolutionary Waves | p. 150 |
Comparative and Historical Studies of Revolution | p. 155 |
Republican Revolutions | p. 157 |
The English Revolution: A Structural-Demographic Approach | p. 157 |
The French Revolution: The Abolition of Feudalism | p. 171 |
The American Revolution: The Radicalism of Revolution | p. 177 |
Marxist Revolutions | p. 183 |
The Russian Revolution of 1917: Autocracy and Modernization | p. 183 |
The Chinese Communist Revolution | p. 191 |
The Cuban Revolution, 1959-1961 | p. 201 |
Revolutions Against Dictatorships | p. 213 |
The Mexican Revolution | p. 213 |
The Nicaraguan Revolution | p. 223 |
Countermobilization in the Iranian Revolution | p. 235 |
The Philippines "People-Power" Revolution | p. 245 |
Revolutions Against Communism | p. 255 |
The East European Revolutions of 1989 | p. 255 |
Revolution in the U.S.S.R., 1989-1991 | p. 261 |
The Social Sources of the Student Demonstrations in China, 1989 | p. 271 |
Guerrilla and Ethnic Revolts | p. 285 |
Toward a Comparative Sociology of Latin American Guerrilla Movements | p. 285 |
South Africa: The Struggle Against Apartheid | p. 295 |
The Palestinian "Intifada" Revolt | p. 304 |
The Afghanistan Revolutionary Wars | p. 310 |
A Brief Guide to Further Reading | p. 325 |
Bibliography | p. 329 |
Index | p. 337 |
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