George Lawson (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Anatomies of Revolution

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Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive account of how revolutions begin, unfold and end, featuring a wide range of cases from across modern world history. Drawing on international relations, sociology, and global history, Lawson outlines the benefits of a 'global historical sociology' of revolutionary change, in which international processes take centre stage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9781108710855
• ISBN-10: 1108710859
• Artikelnr.: 55392547

Autorenporträt

George Lawson is Associate Professor in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His books include: Global Historical Sociology, co-edited with Julian Go (Cambridge, 2017); The Global Transformation: History, Modernity and the Making of International Relations, co-authored with Barry Buzan (Cambridge, 2015); and Negotiated Revolutions: The Czech Republic, South Africa and Chile (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the rights and wrongs of revolution
Part I. Theories: 1. Revolutionary dynamics
2. Within and beyond the fourth generation
3. Anatomies of revolution
Part II. Histories: 4. Revolutionary situations: England and Chile
5. Revolutionary trajectories: Cuba and South Africa
6. Revolutionary outcomes: Iran and Ukraine
Part III. Prospects: 7. Revolutions in the contemporary world
8. Revolutionary futures.