No Other Way Out - States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991

Klappentext Explains emergence of revolutionary movements in more than a dozen countries during Cold War era. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures, tables and maps; Abbreviations and acronyms; Preface and acknowledgments; Part I. Introduction: 1. Comparing revolutionary movements; 2. The state-centered perspective on revolutions: strengths and limitations; Part II. Southeast Asia: Chronology for Southeast Asia; 3. The formation of revolutionary movements in Southeast Asia; 4. The only domino: the Vietnamese revolution in comparative perspective; Part III. Central America: Chronology for Central America; 5. The formation of revolutionary movements in Central America; 6. Not-so-inevitable revolutions: the political trajectory of revolutionary movements in Central America; Part IV. Further Comparisons and Theoretical Elaborations: 7. Between success and failure: persistent insurgencies; Chronology for Eastern Europe; 8. 'Refolution' and rebellion in Eastern Europe, 1989; 9. Conclusion: generalizations and prognostication; Annotated bibliography; Index.

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• Autori: Jeff Goodwin, Jeff (New York University) Goodwin
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert H. Bates (Editore), Peter Lange (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 18.06.2001
• EAN: 9780521620697
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62069-7
• Pagine: 428
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Comparati
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva