Revolutions of the late twentieth century
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Revolutions of the late twentieth century
Westview Press, 1991
- : hbk.
- : pbk.
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 353-369
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: pbk. ISBN 9780813312996
Description
Departing from the Great Revolutions analytic tradition, Jack A. Goldstone, Ted Robert Gurr, and Farrokh Moshiri have drawn together a variety of area experts to examine contemporary revolutionary crises in light of recent social and political developments. The result is a wide-ranging compendium of cases placed in current theoretical perspective. Taken together, the contributors and editors work shows that the end of the cold war does not signal the end of revolution and that with proper attention to certain conditions and factors, revolutionary surprisessuch as those in Eastern Europeneed not catch us off guard in the years ahead. Departing from the Great Revolutions tradition, Jack A. Goldstone, Ted Robert Gurr, and Farrokh Moshiri have drawn together a variety of area experts to examine contemporary revolutionary crises in light of recent social and political developments. The result is a wide-ranging compendium of cases placed in current theoretical perspective. The book opens with a survey of theories of revolutionary conflict, ranging from Marx and Engels to Skocpol and Tilly.
Next, Goldstone lays out an analytical framework for understanding contemporary revolutions that traces a sequence from processes of state breakdown and the ensuing struggle for power to the process of state reconstruction. The framework is then used to examine ten very different revolutionary crisesin Vietnam, Nicaragua, Iran, Poland, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Cambodia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and the Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza. Factors implicit in state breakdown and reconstruction such as political and fiscal crisis, elite divisions, and mass mobilization are highlighted in the analyses of the individual crises.The concluding chapter, coauthored by Gurr and Goldstone, compares the origins, dynamics, and outcomes of the revolutions in the case studies and applies the findings to ongoing and prospective cases. Taken together, the contributors and editors work shows that the end of the cold war does not signal the end of revolution and that with proper attention to certain conditions and factors, revolutionary surprisessuch as those in Eastern Europeneed not catch us off guard in the years ahead.T
HIS PARAGRAPH FOR TEXT PROMOTION ONLYAppropriate for upper division courses in revolutions and social movements, Revolutions of the Late Twentieth Century is fully documented, illustrated with maps, figures, and comparative tables, and bolstered by chronologies to accompany each country-specific chapter.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- (Jack A. Goldstone. )
- Revolutionary Conflict Theory in an Evolutionary Perspective
- (Farrokh Moshiri. )
- An Analytical Framework
- (J. A. Goldstone. )
- Vietnam: Revolution of Postcolonial Consolidation
- (H. John LeVan. )
- Nicaragua: A New Model for Popular Revolution in Latin America
- (Dvora Grynspan. )
- Iran: Islamic Revolution Against Westernization
- (F. Moshiri. )
- Poland: Nonviolent Revolution in a Socialist State
- (Jaroslaw Piekalkiewicz. )
- Afghanistan: State Breakdown
- (Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady. )
- The Philippines: The Making of a People Power Revolution
- (Richard J. Kessler. )
- Cambodia: Revolution, Genocide, Intervention
- (Barbara Harff. )
- Zimbabwe: Revolutionary Violence Resulting in Reform
- (James R. Scarritt. )
- South Africa: Potential for Revolutionary Change
- (C.R.D. Halisi, Patrick OMeara, and N. Brian Winchester. )
- The West Bank and Gaza: The PLO and the Intifada
- (Joshua Teitelbaum and Joseph Kostiner. )
- Comparisons and Policy Implications
- (Ted Robert Gurr and J. A. Goldstone.)
- Volume
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: hbk. ISBN 9780813375977
Description
Departing from the "great revolutions" analytic tradition, this book draws together a variety of area experts to examine contemporary revolutionary crises in the light of recent social and political developments. The resulting book is a compendium of cases placed in current theoretical perspectives. Taken together, these indicate that the end of the Cold War doesn't mean the end of revolution and that with proper attention to certain conditions and factors, revolutionary "surprises" - such as those in Eastern Europe - need not catch us off guard in the years to come.
Table of Contents
- Revolutionary conflict theory in an evolutionary perspective, Farrokh Moshiri
- an analytical framework, J.A. Goldstone
- Vietnam - revolution of post-colonial consolidation, H.John LeVan
- Nicaragua - a new model for popular revolution in Latin America, Devora Grynspan
- Iran - Islamic revolution against westernization, F. Moshiri
- Poland - non-violent revolution in a socialist state, Jaroslaw Piekalkiewicz
- state breakdown in Afghanistan, Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady
- the making of a "people power" revolution in the Philippines, Richard J. Kessler
- Cambodia - revolution, genocide and intervention, Barbara Harff
- Zimbabwe - revolutionary violence resulting in reform, James R. Scarritt
- the potential for revolutionary change in South Africa - conditions, consciousness, capacity, C.R.D. Halisi et al
- a revolution within a revolution - the PLO and the Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza, 1987-1990, Joseph Teitelbaum and Joseph Kostiner
- comparisons and policy implications, Ted Robert Gurr and J.A. Goldstone.
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