State structures, international forces, and class relations: Theda Skocpol shows how all three combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revo

An analysis of the causes and processes of revolution, drawing on the stories of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines.

Theda Skocpol, author of the award-winning 1979 book States and Social Revolutions, updates her arguments about social revolutions.

"In the 20th and 21st century revolutions have become more urban, often less violent, but also more frequent and more transformative of the international order.

Between 1979 and 1986 Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines underwent dramatic political and social revolutions. This book examines the conditions and processes