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States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China

by Theda Skocpol · 1979

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Why have social revolutions occurred in some countries but not in others? How and why have prerevolutionary regimes come into crisis? This study offers important new theoretical strategies within a comparative historical analysis of the causes and outcomes of three major cases.

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politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
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politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thisrevolutionrevolutionMore like thisLess of this
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ChinaChinaMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of thisRussiaRussiaMore like thisLess of thisFranceFranceMore like thisLess of thisSoviet UnionSoviet UnionMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
long · 426 pages

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