POLB92H3 Lecture 1: LEC01.docx
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Mw232, mondays 12-1/ appointment email; lucan. way@utoronto. ca tutorial; charles larratt smith email; c. larratt. smith@mail. utoronto. ca. Revolution conceptual issues; what is a revolution: rapid, fundamental and often violent transformation of a country"s state structure, social structure, that is accompanied and caused by mass-based revolts from below. 20-21 century, there would be 20: french, russian, taliban, afghanistan revolutions. Theoretical issues: what causes revolutions, what is the impact of them. If they are so rare, why do we study them. Empirical cases: french revolution, russian revolution. 7 pages use only required readings debate topics; french revolution, russian revolution, rise of nazis. Terms state territory: police, military regime, central apparatus of political/ coercive power in a particular national, set of rules by which political power is allocated. Independent variable: what you are using to explain the outcome. Civil war in syria: assad"s psychology/behavior, ethnic divisions. Structural explanation: very difficult for any individual to alter, very predictable, limited number of possible outcomes.
