Recent years have seen renewed interest in the study of revolution. Spurred by events like the 2011 uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, the rise of Islamic State, and the emergence of populism, a new age of revolution has generated considerable interest. Yet, even as empirical studies of revolutions are thriving, there has been a stall in theories of revolution. Anatomies of Revolution offers a novel account of how revolutions begin, unfold and end. By combining insights from international relations, sociology, and global history, it outlines the benefits of a 'global historical sociology' of revolutionary change, one in which international processes take centre stage. Featuring a wide range of cases from across modern world history, this is a comprehensive account of one of the world's most important processes. It will interest students and scholars studying revolutions, political conflict and contentious politics in sociology, politics and international relations.
George Lawson is Associate Professor in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His books include: Global Historical Sociology, co-edited with Julian Go (Cambridge, 2017); The Global Transformation: History, Modernity and the Making of International Relations, co-authored with Barry Buzan (Cambridge, 2015); and Negotiated Revolutions: The Czech Republic, South Africa and Chile (2005).
Introduction: the rights and wrongs of revolution; Part I. Theories: 1. Revolutionary dynamics; 2. Within and beyond the fourth generation; 3. Anatomies of revolution; Part II. Histories: 4. Revolutionary situations: England and Chile; 5. Revolutionary trajectories: Cuba and South Africa; 6. Revolutionary outcomes: Iran and Ukraine; Part III. Prospects: 7. Revolutions in the contemporary world; 8. Revolutionary futures.
'George Lawson gives us a new perspective on the sociology of revolutions in a masterwork that is destined to become the best 'go-to' book on revolutions for the 2010-20 decade!' John Foran, University of California, Santa Barbara
Colin J. Beck, Mlada Bukovansky, Erica Chenoweth, George Lawson, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Daniel P. Ritter, Pomona College) Beck, Colin J. (Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Professor of Sociology, Smith College) Bukovansky, Mlada (Professor of Government, Professor of Government, Harvard University) Chenoweth, Erica (Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Kennedy School, and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Kennedy School, and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Australian National University) Lawson, George (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, University of New Mexico) Nepstad, Sharon Erickson (Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Stockholm University) Ritter, Daniel P. (Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Professor of Sociology, Colin J Beck, Daniel P Ritter
Stacie E. Goddard, George Lawson, Ole Jacob Sending, Wellesley College) Goddard, Stacie E. (Betty Freyhof Johnson '44 Professor of Political Science, Betty Freyhof Johnson '44 Professor of Political Science, Australian National University) Lawson, George (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs) Sending, Ole Jacob (Research Professor, Research Professor, Stacie E Goddard
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