From 1789 in france to 2011 in cairo, revolutions have shaken the world. A very short introduction illuminates the revolutionaries, their strategies. A very short introduction very short introductions kindle edition by goldstone, jack a download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read revolutions. As a very short introduction, goldstone s book suffices. Goldstone questions for thought and discussion what makes revolutions different from other kinds of social conflict and change. The future of revolutions very short introductions.
A very short introduction hkust scholarly publications. I wanted more discussion of the causes, paths, outcomes, etc. This very short introduction illuminates the revolutionaries, their strategies, their successes and failures, and the ways in which revolutions continue to dominate world events and the popular imagination. These conditions seem most likely to arise in subsaharan africa, which exhibits both rapid population growth and multiple governments that are either personalist regimes or weak, corrupt democracies. Peasant revolts, grain riots, strikes, social movements, coups, and civil wars can all arise in the course of revolutions and are important constituent elements of revolutionary struggles. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading revolutions.
He is the author of revolution and rebellion in the early modern world winner of the 1993 distinguished contribution to scholarship award of the american sociological association, editor of political demography, and has authored or edited ten additional. A very short introduction very short introductions 9780199858507 by goldstone, jack a. A very short introduction very short introductions 1st edition by goldstone, jack a. Indeed, in most revolutions it is the elites who mobilize the population to help them overthrow the regime. All that is there, some only very briefly, and all in the first third or quarter of the book. America, france, europe 1830 and 1848, and meiji japan describes the growing skepticism and secularism of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that led to a modern twist in revolutions revolutionaries that attacked the rights of kings and the rights of churches and who drew up constitutions, based on reason and the concept of natural rights, to. Goldstone gives a brief overview of specific revolutions and walks the. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Goldstone author, peter ganim narrator, audible studios publisher. Jack goldstone, phd harvard is an expert on how population factors affect political and social change. A very short introduction very short introductions unabridged by goldstone, jack a. Expansive historical range, from ancient greece and rome to the revolutions in the arab world in 2011.
Goldstone presents the history of revolutions from america and france to the collapse of the soviet union, people power revolutions, and the arab revolts. He is an author or editor of books and over 150 research articles. Goldstone also sheds light on the major theories of revolution, exploring. The reformation transformed europe, and left an indelible mark on the modern world. A very short introduction audible audiobook unabridged jack a. Starting with the citystates of ancient greece and rome, jack goldstone traces the development of revolutions through the renaissance and reformation, the enlightenment and liberal constitutional revolutions such as in america, and their oppositethe communist revolutions of the. A very short introduction very short introductions paperback by jack a. Perhaps a very short introduction, but too short for me.
As for the concluding patter, especially when juxtaposed to the insightful introductory chapters, one might speculate on goldstone s potential conflict of interest. In their pursuit of social justice, revolutionaries have taken on the assembled might of. The rise of the west in world history 15001850 explorations in world history. There are five elements that create an unstable social equilibrium. The encyclopedia of political revolutions is an important reference work that describes revolutionary events that have affected and often changed the course of history. Starting with the citystates of ancient greece and rome, jack goldstone traces the development of revolutions through the renaissance and. Goldstone is a life member of the council on foreign relations, and served on the advisory board of the councils center for preventive action.
Revolutions can occur only when significant portions of the elites, and especially the military, defect or stand aside. Goldstone, 9780199858507, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. The remainder is a catalog of revolutions with several pages of description. Harvard is hazel professor of public policy and a fellow of the mercatus center of george mason university. This volume shows why revolutions occur, how they unfold, and where they created democracies and dictatorships. It provides a history of revolutions and insurgencies, an introduction to the way social. This very short introduction provides a lively and uptodate guide to the process. Part of the bestselling very short introduction series over six million copies. Goldstone born september 30, 1953 is an american sociologist, political scientist, and historian, specializing in studies of social movements, revolutions, political demography, and the rise of the west in world history. It began as an argument about what christians needed to do to be saved, but rapidly engulfed society in a series of fundamental changes. A very short introduction illuminates the revolutionaries, their strategies, their successes and failures, the major theories of revolution, and the ways in which revolutions. The future of revolutions suggests that revolutions will continue to occur where regimes exhibit the five conditions that lead to state breakdown.
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