No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945–1991 (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) - Hardcover

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Goodwin, Jeff

 
9780521620697: No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945–1991 (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521620694 ISBN 13: 9780521620697
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

No Other Way Out provides a powerful explanation for the emergence of popular revolutionary movements, and the occurrence of actual revolutions, during the Cold War era. This sweeping study ranges from Southeast Asia in the 1940s and 1950s to Central America in the 1970s and 1980s and Eastern Europe in 1989. Following in the 'state-centered' tradition of Theda Skocpol's States and Social Revolutions and Jack Goldstone's Revolutions and Rebellion in the Early Modern World, Goodwin demonstrates how the actions of specific types of authoritarian regimes unwittingly channeled popular resistance into radical and often violent directions. Revolution became the 'only way out', to use Trotsky's formulation, for the opponents of these intransigent regimes. By comparing the historical trajectories of more than a dozen countries, Goodwin also shows how revolutionaries were sometimes able to create, and not simply exploit, opportunities for seizing state power.

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Review

'Jeff Goodwin's No Other Way Out is an outstanding contribution to the sociology of revolutions. It goes beyond the work of his mentor, Theda Skocpol, and will have a profound impact on the literature for years to come.' Misagh Parsa, Dartmouth College (Electronic newsletter of the ECPR-SG on Extremism and Democracy)

Book Description

No Other Way Out provides a powerful explanation for the emergence of popular revolutionary movements during the Cold War era. By comparing more than a dozen countries in Southeast Asia, Central America, and Eastern Europe, Goodwin shows how revolutionaries were able to create opportunities for seizing state power.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521620694
ISBN 13 
9780521620697
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
428

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