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The State and Revolution in the Twentieth-Century
Major Social Transformations of Our Time
The State and Revolution in the Twentieth-Century
Major Social Transformations of Our Time
Description
This book deals with a topic that is central to the most important and decisive issues and events of our time-the state and revolution in the twentieth century. Social scientists have made numerous attempts to understand the causes of revolutions by examining the underlying factors that contribute to revolutionary uprisings. To further these efforts, this book addresses some of the key issues related to this process through both theoretical and empirical inquiry into the nature and dynamics of the state and revolution as a basis for an understanding of the major socialist revolutions of the twentieth century. The book provides a comparative-historical analysis of the state and socialist revolutions in Russia, China, Vietnam, Cuba, and Nicaragua. The thread that runs through each of the chapters that make up this book, especially the case studies of revolutions taken up for study, is the class nature of the state and the class forces involved in the revolutionary process leading up to the taking of state power, as well as-and more importantly so- the class nature of the forces that have taken power and rule over society in the post-revolutionary period. Applying class analysis to the study of the state and revolution, this book helps us understand the nature and dynamics of class struggles in societies that have gone through a revolutionary process.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 The Marxist Theory of the State and Revolution: The Classics
Chapter 3 Twentieth Century Socialist Revolutions and Their Class Components
Chapter 4 The Russian Revolution: The Proletariat Takes State Power
Chapter 5 The Chinese Revolution: Workers and Peasants Rise Up in the Long March to Power
Chapter 6 The Vietnamese Revolution: People's War and the Protracted Struggle for Independence and Socialism
Chapter 7 The Cuban and Nicaraguan Revolutions: Imperialism, Dictatorship, and Popular Resistance
Chapter 8 Conclusion
Chapter 9 Bibliography
Chapter 10 Index
Product details
| Published | 25 Dec 2006 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781461645696 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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