Revolutions: A Worldwide Introduction to

This expanded, updated edition offers a new chapter on terrorism, 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 'œWhy 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. Features of this text and to the new Second Edition:

A Note to Students and Professors	p. ix
Understanding Revolutions	p. 1
The Nature of Revolutions	p. 1
Concepts for Understanding Revolutions	p. 4
The Great Historical Revolutions	p. 17
The French Revolution of 1789	p. 17
The Russian Revolution of 1917	p. 26
Revolution in China, 1911-1949	p. 33
A Note on Sources	p. 42
Revolutions in the Third World	p. 45
Castro and the Cuban Revolution	p. 45
The Sandinistas and the Nicaraguan Revolution	p. 48
The Iranian Revolution	p. 52
The Overthrow of the Marcos Regime in the Philippines	p. 56
A Note on Sources	p. 60
The Causes of Revolutions: I	p. 61
The Natural History of Revolutions	p. 61
Social-Psychological Theories	p. 62
Marxian Theories	p. 64
Charles Tilly's Resource Mobilization Theory	p. 69
State-Centered Theories	p. 74
The Causes of Revolutions: II	p. 83
State-Centered Theories of Third World Revolutions	p. 83
Strengths and Weaknesses of State-Centered Theories	p. 94
Ideologies and Revolutions	p. 98
Structure and Agency in the Revolutionary Process	p. 102
Explaining Revolutions: Conclusions	p. 105
Revolutions from Above in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union	p. 107
State Socialism: Development and Reforms	p. 108
1989: The Revolutions Against Communism in Eastern Europe	p. 113
1991: The Revolution Against Communism in the Soviet Union	p. 123
Explaining the Revolutions Against Communism	p. 126
The Communist Collapse and State-Centered Theories of Revolution	p. 135
Coda: The Unexpected Nature of the Communist Collapse	p. 136
The Outcomes of Revolutions	p. 139
France	p. 141
Russia	p. 143
China	p. 145
Cuba	p. 148
Nicaragua	p. 151
Iran	p. 154
The Revolutions Against Communism	p. 156
Terrorism and Terrorist Movements	p. 165
What Is Terrorism?	p. 165
Dimensions of Terrorist Movements	p. 168
Terrorist Movements of the Third and Fourth Waves	p. 175
Explaining Terrorist Movements	p. 182
State Terrorism	p. 197
Epilogue: The Future of Revolutions and Terrorist Movements	p. 201
Appendix: Ten Leading Students of Revolutions	p. 207
John Foran	p. 207
Jack A. Goldstone	p. 210
Jeff Goodwin	p. 217
Ted Robert Gurr	p. 221
Krishan Kumar	p. 224
Barrington Moore, Jr	p. 228
Theda Skocpol	p. 232
Charles Tilly	p. 234
Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley	p. 236
Eric R. Wolf	p. 240
Suggested Readings	p. 243
References	p. 249
Index	p. 265
About the Author	p. 277
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