Revolution in the Making of the Modern World

<p>This volume questions whether ideas of revolution are still relevant in the postmodern and globalized world of the twenty-first century. </p><p>Featuring contributions from some of the world's leading sociological and political thinkers on revolution it combines theoretical concerns with a variety of detailed case studies of individual revolutions. Subjects covered include:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>democracy and revolution from 1789 to 1989 </li> <li>twentieth century revolutions and theories of revolution including Marxism modernization and structuralist theories </li> <li>revolution in the Third World and the variable geometry of the paths to modernity </li> <li>Islamic revolutions and modernity </li> <li>the 1989 revolutions as democratic revolutions or elite-led transitions </li> <li>globalization the nation-state and revolution </li> <li>empire and democratic revolution </li> <li>network society and revolution </li> <li>Islamic fundamentalism international terrorism and revolution </li> <li>democratic revolution as a new form of revolution </li> <li>postmodern theories of revolution </li> <li>new social movements identities and new figures of revolution.</li> </ul><p><em>Revolution in the Making of the Modern World</em> will be essential reading for students and scholars of comparative politics political theory revolution and political sociology.</p>