The collapse of the Soviet Union ended one of the most powerful and long lasting non-democratic revolutionary regimes in modern history, but the end of Soviet style revolution has not meant the end of revolution altogether. Religious fundamentalist, extremist nationalist, and democratic revolutions have occurred in various parts of the world since the Cold War. The author re-reads important works on revolutions to cull concepts that are still relevant, and updates ideas that have changed since their publication. He analyzes ...
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The collapse of the Soviet Union ended one of the most powerful and long lasting non-democratic revolutionary regimes in modern history, but the end of Soviet style revolution has not meant the end of revolution altogether. Religious fundamentalist, extremist nationalist, and democratic revolutions have occurred in various parts of the world since the Cold War. The author re-reads important works on revolutions to cull concepts that are still relevant, and updates ideas that have changed since their publication. He analyzes Barrington Moore on class conflict, Abdallah Laroui on the embrace of capitalism after a revolution, Liah Greenfeld's concept of ressentiment applied to revolution, Ted Robert Gurr on sucessionist struggles, the debate between Jeff Goodwin and Eric Selbin on the life cycle of the "age of revolution," and Jeane Kirkpatrick on supporting "good" regimes.
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