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States, ideologies, and social revolutions : a comparative analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines / Misagh Parsa.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000Description: x, 326 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521773377
  • 9780521773379
  • 0521774306
  • 9780521774307
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.64 21
LOC classification:
  • JC491 .P36 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Theory and structural background. Toward a theory of revolution : linking structure and process approaches -- Conflict and the making of exclusive rule -- State intervention and contradictions. Mobilization and collective action. Students : relentless revolutionaries -- Clergy : actors with relative impunity -- Workers : rebels with dual targets -- Capitalists : reluctant rebels. Outcomes and conclusions. Coalitions, challengers, and political outcomes -- Summary and conclusions.
Summary: "Between 1979 and 1986 Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines underwent dramatic political and social revolutions. This book examines the conditions and processes that gave rise to revolutions and their outcomes, through an in-depth analysis of economic and political developments in these countries. The book studies the background to revolution provided by state formation and development, economic intervention, the states' vulnerabilities, and the social consequences of their development policies. Extensive primary data is used to analyze the impact of the collective actions and ideologies of the major social groups involved - students, clergy, workers, and capitalists - and how they affected the potential for a successful revolutionary outcome. Parsa challenges prevailing theories of social revolution and develops an alternative model that incorporates variables from a wide variety of perspectives. His book provides a valuable framework within which to understand the causes of revolutions, their mechanics and development, and their outcomes."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-315) and index.

Theory and structural background. Toward a theory of revolution : linking structure and process approaches -- Conflict and the making of exclusive rule -- State intervention and contradictions. Mobilization and collective action. Students : relentless revolutionaries -- Clergy : actors with relative impunity -- Workers : rebels with dual targets -- Capitalists : reluctant rebels. Outcomes and conclusions. Coalitions, challengers, and political outcomes -- Summary and conclusions.

"Between 1979 and 1986 Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines underwent dramatic political and social revolutions. This book examines the conditions and processes that gave rise to revolutions and their outcomes, through an in-depth analysis of economic and political developments in these countries. The book studies the background to revolution provided by state formation and development, economic intervention, the states' vulnerabilities, and the social consequences of their development policies. Extensive primary data is used to analyze the impact of the collective actions and ideologies of the major social groups involved - students, clergy, workers, and capitalists - and how they affected the potential for a successful revolutionary outcome. Parsa challenges prevailing theories of social revolution and develops an alternative model that incorporates variables from a wide variety of perspectives. His book provides a valuable framework within which to understand the causes of revolutions, their mechanics and development, and their outcomes."--Publisher description.

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