Understanding Revolution / / Patrick Van Inwegen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Van Inwegen, Patrick ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (289 p.)

A concise, but thorough explanation of one of the most fundamental sources of political change in the modern world.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Tables and Figures
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Understanding Revolution
• 2. The “Life Course” of a Revolution
• 2. The “Life Course” of a Revolution
• 4. The Role of Ideology, Part 1: Liberalism and Nationalism
• 5. The Role of Ideology, Part 2: Marxism and Religious Thought
• 6. The Sources of Revolutionary Leadership
• 7. Mobilizing the Masses
• 8. The Outcomes of Revolution
• 9. The Study of Revolution
• Appendix: Case Studies
• Introduction
• American Revolution (1776–1788)
• The French Revolution (1789–1799)
• The Mexican Revolution (1910–1920)
• The Russian Revolution (1917)
• The Chinese Revolution (1949)
• The Cuban Revolution (1959)
• The Nicaraguan Revolution (1979)
• The Iranian Revolution (1979)
• The Philippine Revolution (1986)
• The Tiananmen Square Prodemocracy Movement (1989)
• The South African Revolution (1994)
• The Rwandan Revolution (1994)
• The Serbian Revolution (2001)
• East Timorese Independence (1974–2002)
• Nepalese Revolution (1996–2008)
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Book