John Foran, ed. Theorizing Revolutions.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION/ John Foran

Part I

The frontiers of structures

1 – STATE-CENTERED APPROACHES TO SOCIAL REVOLUTIONS: STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF A THEORETICAL TRADITION / Jeff Goodwin

2 – STRUCTUAL THEORIES OF REVOLUTION / Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley

3 – AGENTS OF REVOLUTION: ELITE CONFLICTS AND MASS MOBILIZATION FROM THE MEDICI TO YELTSIN / Richard Lachmann

4 – POPULATION GROWTH AND REVOLUTIONARY CRISES / Jack A. Goldstone

Part II

Re-centering culture and agency

5 – REVOLUTION IN THE REAL WORLD: BRINGING AGENCY BACK IN / Enric Selbin

6 – GENDER AND REVOLUTIONS / Valentine M. Moghadam

7 – RACE AND THE PROCESS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS / Christopher McAuley

8 – DISCOURSES AND SOCIAL FORCES: THE ROLE OF CULTURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES IN UNDERSTANDING REVOLUTIONS / John Foran

9 – THE COMPARATIVE-HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY OF THIRD WORLD SOCIAL REVOLUTIONS: WHY A FEW SUCCEED, WHY MOST FAIL / John Foran

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