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An Analysis of Theda Skocpol's States and Social Revolutions A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China

By Riley Quinn Copyright 2017

112 Pages

by Macat Library

112 Pages

by Macat Library

108 Pages

by Macat Library

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Description

Many people want to understand what revolutions are and – especially – how they come about, from the academics who study them to the states that wish to prevent (or, in some cases, provoke) them. But it is arguably the US scholar Theda Skocpol who has done most to create a viable model of revolution, and States and Social Revolutions is the work in which she sets out her intellectual stall.... Read more

Table of Contents

Ways in to the Text

Who was Theda Skocpol?

What does States and Social Revolutions Say?

Why does States and Social Revolutions Matter?

Section 1: Influences

Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context

Module 2: Academic Context

Module 3: The Problem

Module 4: The Author's Contribution

Section 2: Ideas

Module 5: Main Ideas

Module 6: Secondary Ideas

Module 7: Achievement

Module 8: Place in the Author's Work

Section 3: Impact

Module 9: The First Responses

Module 10: The Evolving Debate

Module 11: Impact and Influence Today

Module 12: Where Next?

Glossary of Terms

People Mentioned in the Text

Works Cited

Author(s)

Biography

Riley Quinn holds master’s degrees in Politics and International Relations from both LSE and the University of Oxford.

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