States and Social Revolutions
Book • 1979
In *States and Social Revolutions*, Theda Skocpol examines the causes of social revolutions through a comparative historical analysis of France, Russia, and China.
She argues that these revolutions occurred due to the simultaneous breakdown of state structures and peasant rebellions, leading to rapid transformations in both social and political structures.
The book is a landmark in the study of revolutions, offering a structural and state-centered perspective.
She argues that these revolutions occurred due to the simultaneous breakdown of state structures and peasant rebellions, leading to rapid transformations in both social and political structures.
The book is a landmark in the study of revolutions, offering a structural and state-centered perspective.
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Mentioned by Mona El Ghobashy when discussing different approaches to studying revolutions.
Mona El-Ghobashy, "Bread and Freedom: Egypt's Revolutionary Situation" (Stanford UP, 2021)
