Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- Preface
- Part I: Theory and structural background
- 1 Toward a theory of revolution: linking structure and process approaches
- 2 Conflict and the making of exclusive rule
- 3 State intervention and contradictions
- Part II: Mobilization and collective action
- Part III: Outcomes and conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Toward a theory of revolution: linking structure and process approaches
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- Preface
- Part I: Theory and structural background
- 1 Toward a theory of revolution: linking structure and process approaches
- 2 Conflict and the making of exclusive rule
- 3 State intervention and contradictions
- Part II: Mobilization and collective action
- Part III: Outcomes and conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Introduction
Popular mobilization and collective action overthrew three long-standing regimes between February 1979 and February 1986 in Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines. In Iran, the revolution put an end to 2,500 years of monarchy, dissolved the Pahlavi dynasty, and established an Islamic theocracy. In Nicaragua, the revolution uprooted the Somoza dynasty, which had dominated the country since the early 1930s, and enabled the socialist Pandinistas to seize power. In the Philippines, popular mobilization resulted in the expulsion of Ferdinand E. Marcos, who had ruled the country for twenty years, well beyond the two terms to which he had been elected. These political conflicts also had international consequences, especially for the United States inasmuch as some segments of the population and elite in these countries opposed US policies and interventions.
The uprisings and their outcomes in Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines provide remarkable cases for comparative analysis. Broadly speaking, the three countries shared certain similar experiences and structural features. Economically, all three pursued capitalist development strategies, which had been quite successful by international standards. For years, they succeeded in generating high levels of growth, development, and industrialization that were impressive by any measure. Politically, each of the regimes governed by means of authoritarian mechanisms and coercive apparatuses, which for years had been successful in controlling or repressing opposition and dissent.
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- States, Ideologies, and Social RevolutionsA Comparative Analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines, pp. 3 - 28Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000