Theda Skocpol

States and Social Revolutions

A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China

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Produktbeschreibung

Theda Skocpol shows how state structures, international forces, and class relations combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. Believing that existing theories of revolution, both Marxist and non-Marxist, are inadequate to explain the actual historical patterns of revolutions, Skocpol urges the reader to adopt fresh perspectives.

Produktdetails

• Canto Classics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 421
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781107569843
• ISBN-10: 1107569842
• Artikelnr.: 42998070

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables and maps
Preface
Introduction
1. Explaining social revolutions: alternatives to existing theories
Part I. Causes of Social Revolutions in France, Russia and China: 2. Old-regime states in crisis
3. Agrarian structures and peasant insurrections
Part II. Outcomes of Social Revolutions in France, Russia and China: 4. What changed and how: a focus on state building
5. The birth of a 'modern state edifice' in France
6. The emergence of a dictatorial party-state in Russia
7. The rise of a mass-mobilizing party-state in China
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.