Third-generation theories of revolution pointed to the structural vulnerabilities of regimes as
the basic causes of revolutions. In the last decade, critics of structural theories have argued …

What can the great crises of the past teach us about contemporary revolutions? Jack
Goldstone shows the important role of population changes, youth bulges, urbanization, elite …

The economic crisis that started in 2008 has negatively affected European nations to
different degrees. The sudden rise in demonstrations particularly in those countries most …

The Social Science Encyclopedia, first published in 1985 to acclaim from social scientists,
librarians and students, was thoroughly revised in 1996, when reviewers began to describe …

Through close scrutiny of empirical materials and interviews, this book uniquely analyzes all
the episodes of long-running, widespread communal violence that erupted during …

In 1965 when Professor Nikki Keddie, in the preface of her first book Religion and Rebellion
in Iran: The Tobacco Protest of 1891-1892, promised to publish" several" other books" on the …

Democracy is under threat from a variety of forces originating in the transnational capitalist
economy. Dryzek here outlines these forces, considers how democracy might be defended …

The authorative and richly detailed handbook is divided into three parts:(1) procedures for
studying SMOs;(2) propositions or generalizations about them; and (3) perspectives or wider …

FRONTIERS of research move with history, although often with a lag. Two decades ago,
most comparative research on revolutions remained focused on the classical great …

Romanian Political Science Review• vol. VII• no. 4• 2007 coun tries are paci fied from within,
the Middle-East will al ways be a tur bu lent re gion. The link the au thor makes be tween the …