POL 3162 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mexican Revolution, French Revolution, Social Stratification
15 Apr 2016
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The use of violence to change economical system, political systems. Mobilisation as a way of changing society. Inherent element in a society, contingent (accident) in the social life of people. Evolution: gradual change in society (the participants are not necessarily aware of that change. Reform: minor change that progressively transform society. Revolution: major conscientious change (radical and intensive in time) example: Bolshevik revolution (that progressed to a civil war) Conservatism: trying to keep thing as they are. Counter-revolution: tentative to reverse what has been done. Turmoil people that consider themselves as deprived are the ones that lead this riot, it"s spontaneous and rather unplanned. Conspiracy and internal war are both longer in time. Internal war : participation of an elite and mass participation. Political revolutions american revolution / french revolution / russian change in the political system. Social revolutions mexican revolution (1910) google it.
