POLS 149R

Comparative Revolutions

This course is primarily concerned with the causes, trajectories, and consequences of major revolutions and revolutionary movements of the 20th and 21st centuries. The course addresses the questions: what defines a revolution? What are the causes of revolutionary social change? Why do some revolutions fail to achieve their intended objectives and others succeed? How can political scientists investigate the possibility of objectively assessing revolutionary success or failure?

Units: 3.0