June 16, 2009
Revolution
Jack Goldstone
Senior Research Fellow
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To speak with a scholar or learn more on this topic, visit our contact page.Theories of revolutions are moving away from a predominantly structural view, in favor of a more process oriented view. In this approach, revolutionary situations emerge from a combination of structural background factors that present challenges to states or that increase conflicts among states, elites, and popular groups.
Read the chapter in The Sage Handbook of Comparative Politics.
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