POLI 211 Lecture Notes - Westminster System, Sonia Gandhi, Class Conflict
12 Dec 2012
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Russia revolution of 1918 was due to marixism. Their social base was not an industrial base (peasant communism, difference in china and russia though) Revolutions contribute to mass globalization but they also can lead to brutal and oppressive political regimes. Mexican revolution is slight different because it was a culmination of a liberation from colonialism. It wasn"t made on those kind of ideological grounds. Iranian revolution is less about class struggle and modernization and more on asserting national identity which is lead in turn to extreme forms of conformity and human rights violations. Variations in outcomes and accomplishments of these revolutions. As a rule, the paradox of revolution prevails, there is social mobilization and brutal oppressive regimes. Elliot reading, personal geography, old time bombay. Attempt to understand what can the weak do. Each form of labor control/payment is likely to generate its own distinctive form of quiet resistance and counter-appropriation.
