Reflections on Revolutions

by Katz, Mark N.

• ISBN13: 9780312223564
• ISBN10: 0312223560
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1999-09-04
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The collapse of the Soviet Union ended one of the most powerful and long-lasting non-democratic revolutionary regimes in modern history, but the end of Soviet-style revolution has not meant the end of revolution altogether. Religious fundamentalist, extremist nationalist, and democratic revolutions have occurred in various parts of the world since the Cold War. Since much of the theoretical literature on revolutions examines either the "great" revolutions or the Marxist-Leninist revolutions in Third World countries, a re-examination of revolution in the post-Cold War era is crucial. Mark N. Katz rereads important works on revolutions to cull concepts that are still relevant and update ideas that have changed since their publication.

Author Biography

Mark N. Katz is Professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction: Thinking Metaphorically about Revolution: Reflections on Crane Brinton	1	(20)
Part I Class and Revolution	21	(36)
Chapter 1: Class Conflict and Revolution: Reflections on Barrington Moore	21	(14)
Chapter 2: The Embourgeoisement of Revolutionary Regimes: Reflections on Abdallah Laroui	35	(22)
Part II Nationalism and Revolution	57	(46)
Chapter 3: Ressentiment and Revolution: Reflections on Liah Greenfeld	57	(18)
Chapter 4: Relative Deprivation in the Post-Cold War Era:Reflections on Ted Robert Gurr	75	(28)
Part III Democracy and Revolution	103	(26)
Chapter 5: Democracy, Revolution, and the Future: Reflections on Goodwin vs. Selbin	103	(16)
Chapter 6: Responding to Revolution in the Post-Cold War Era: Reflections on Jeane Kirkpatrick	119	(10)
Notes	129	(6)
Bibliography	135	(10)
Index	145