Revolution: Critical Concepts in Political Science

ISBN-13: 9780415201322 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 2320 str.

Rosemary H. O'Kane

Opis

This set collects key scholarship on revolution. The set begins with theoretical approaches to the study of revolution, noting some theories of revolution advanced by revolutionaries themselves, and then moves on to major articles about individual revolutions. The text should provide a valuable reference work for social scientists and historians. The articles reprinted here consider the following issues: revolution - concept and theory; explaining the causes of revolution; revolutionary state building and the outcomes of revolutions; revolutionaries theories of revolution; case studies of great revolutions - applying theories, testing hypotheses; comparing and contrasting - explaining the success or failure of modern revolutions; revolutionary change in Eastern Europe, 1989; and the future of revolutions.

Spis treści

Revolution: Concept and Typology, Explaining the Causes of Revolution, Revolutionary State Building and the Outcomes of Revolutions, Revolutionaries' Theories of Revolution, Case Studies of the Great Revolutions: Applying Theories, Testing Hypotheses, Comparing and Contrasting: Explaining the Success or Failure of Modern Revolutions, Revolutionary Change in Eastern Europe 1989, The Future of Revolutions