Revolution, Rebellion, Resistance: The Power of StoryWhy do revolutions happen? Decades of social science research have brought us little closer to understanding where, when and amongst whom they occur. |
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... focus on those selfsame people and their worlds . In terms of academic study , the long dominant ' third generation ' theories of revolution ( Skocpol , 1979 ; Goodwin , 2001 ) seem to be giving way to the ' fourth ' ( Goldstone , 2001 ...
... focus on this tale's three core cases : the political revolutions in Great Britain ( 1688 ) ; subsequently in some of its North American colonies , the nascent United States ( 1776 ) ; and France ( 1789 ) , in this story ultimately a ...
... focus is more on the new beginning suggested above , guided by Paine's assertion of just a few years earlier in Common Sense that ' we have it in our power to begin the world over again ' ( Paine , 2000 : 44 ) . In addition , here the ...
Contents
stories and social change | 23 |
THREE Myth memory mimesis | 48 |
FIVE The story of civilizing and democratizing | 96 |
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