Social Revolutions

Gizachew Tiruneh

SAGE Open, 2014, vol. 4, issue 3, 2158244014548845

Abstract: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the causes of social revolutions. In this article, I take a synthetic approach and hypothesize that the three most important factors that explain the onset of social revolution are economic development, regime type, and state ineffectiveness. I also discuss the importance of domestic and external factors that trigger social revolutions. In addition, I make a distinction between the onset and success of social revolutions. Finally, I identify two distinct types of social revolutions.

Keywords: social revolution; violence; conflict research; political science; social sciences; comparative politics; political sociology; sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244014548845

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