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Author(s): Stephen K. Sanderson
ISBN(s): 9781317264569, 1317264576
Edition: 2nd
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Year: 2010
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1594517045

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Author: Stephen K. Sanderson

This expanded, updated edition of Revolutions offers a new chapter on terrorism and on social movements, including jihadism. Revolutions and state breakdowns are the primary focus as Sanderson presents prominent theories and describes the process of revolutions. The book covers famous revolutions from history (France, Russia, China) and several social and political revolutions in the Third World (Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, and the Philippines). Given the frequency of revolutionary movements, a key question addressed by the book is ‘Why are actual revolutions so rare?’ Sanderson also assesses the state breakdowns in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union after 1989, the typical outcomes of revolutions, and the future of revolutions. An appendix presents biographical and autobiographical sketches of several of the most prominent scholars of revolutions.

Table of contents: 

Chapter 1 Understanding Revolutions
The Nature of Revolutions
Concepts for Understanding Revolutions
Modes of Production
Social Classes
The Capitalist World-System
States
How Economies, Classes, and States Are Intertwined
Chapter 2 The Great Historical Revolutions
The French Revolution of 1789
French Society and Government in the Eighteenth Century
The Fiscal Crisis and the Coming of the Revolution
The Course of the Revolution
Was the French Revolution a Bourgeois Revolution?
The Russian Revolution of 1917
Russia in the Early Twentieth Century
Political Parties and Revolutionary Thought
The Political Revolution of 1905
The February Revolution of 1917 and the Provisional Government
The October Revolution of 1917
Revolution in China, 1911–1949
China in the Twentieth Century
The Overthrow of the Qing
Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, and the Revolutionary Interregnum
The Communist Revolution of 1949
A Note on Sources
Chapter 3 Revolutions in the Third World
Castro and the Cuban Revolution
The Sandinistas and the Nicaraguan Revolution
The Iranian Revolution
The Overthrow of the Marcos Regime in the Philippines
A Note on Sources
Chapter 4 The Causes of Revolutions: I
The Natural History of Revolutions
Social-Psychological Theories
Marxian Theories
Charles Tilly’s Resource Mobilization Theory
State-Centered Theories
Theda Skocpol’s Theory of the Great Revolutions
Jack Goldstone and State Breakdowns
Chapter 5 The Causes of Revolutions: II
State-Centered Theories of Third World Revolutions
Strengths and Weaknesses of State-Centered Theories
Ideologies and Revolutions
Structure and Agency in the Revolutionary Process
Explaining Revolutions: Conclusions
Chapter 6 Revolutions from Above in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
State Socialism: Development and Reforms
1989: The Revolutions Against Communism in Eastern Europe
Poland
Hungary
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Bulgaria
1991: The Revolution Against Communism in the Soviet Union
Explaining the Revolutions Against Communism
Eastern Europe
The Soviet Union
The Communist Collapse and State-Centered Theories of Revolution
Coda: The Unexpected Nature of the Communist Collapse
Chapter 7 The Outcomes of Revolutions
France
Russia
China
Cuba
Nicaragua
Iran
The Revolutions Against Communism
Eastern Europe
Russia
Surviving Communist Regimes and the Future of Socialism
Chapter 8 Terrorism and Terrorist Movements
What Is Terrorism?
Dimensions of Terrorist Movements
Terrorist Movements of the Third and Fourth Waves
The Irish Republican Army
The Tamil Tigers
The Palestine Liberation Organization
Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad
Al-Qaeda
Chechen Separatists
Explaining Terrorist Movements
Psychopathology, Poverty, and Cultural Hostility
The Clash of Civilizations
The World-System and Globalization
Foreign Military Occupation
Conclusions
State Terrorism
Notes
EpilogueThe Future of Revolutions and Terrorist Movements
Notes
Appendix Ten Leading Students of Revolutions
John Foran: From Sartre to Marx, Iran to Chiapas—An Intellectual Autobiography
Jack A. Goldstone: The Political Demography of Revolutions—An Intellectual Autobiography
Jeff Goodwin: From Revolutions to Terrorism, 1979–2001—An Intellectual Autobiography
Ted Robert Gurr: An Intellectual Biography
Krishan Kumar: An Autobiographical Sketch
Barrington Moore, Jr.: A Biographical Sketch
Theda Skocpol: A Biographical Sketch
Charles Tilly: An Intellectual Biography
Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley: An Autobiographical Sketch
Eric R. Wolf: A Biographical Sketch
Suggested Readings
References
Index
About the Author

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