Revolutions Theoretical, Comparative, and Historical Studies

Name: Revolutions Theoretical, Comparative, and Historical Studies
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ISBN: 9780155003859

ISBN-10: 0155003852

ISBN-13: 9780155003859

Edition: 2nd 1994

Authors: Jack A. Goldstone

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From the American Revolution to the conflicts in Afghanistan, revolutions have played a critical role in the course of history. Insight into the causes of revolutions and the factors that shape their outcomes is critical to understanding politics and world history--and REVOLUTIONS is a reader designed to address this need. Part One offers a combination of classic treatises and late-breaking scholarship that develops students' theoretical understanding of revolutionary movements. Part Two shows students how these theories play out in real life through rich, accessible accounts of major revolutionary episodes in modern history.

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List price: $50.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Harcourt Trade Publishers
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.41" wide x 9.20" long x 0.53" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Jack A. Goldstoneis the Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He has won major prizes from the American Sociological Association and the Historical Society for his research on revolutions, population, and political conflict. His 2010 essay in Foreign Affairs, The New Population Bomb has received world-wide attention. A Phi Beta Kappa visiting lecturer, Goldstone has authored or edited ten books and published over one hundred articles in books and scholarly journals. His latest books are Why Europe? The Rise of the West 1500ndash;1850(2008) and Understanding Revolutions(forthcoming).

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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