POLC91H3 Lecture Notes - Daniel Ortega, Final Offensive Of The Spanish Civil War, United States Marine Corps
Document Summary
Polc91 - revolutionary alternatives: cuba and nicaragua: revolution defined: Features of the polity model (tily: gradual mobilization of would-be challenges. Revolution the result of the weakening and collapse of state structure, as a result of int"l and domestic pressures. Different crises could affect state (lack of autonomy from elite class, strong egalitarian tendencies, outside military threat). Small plot holding peasants tend to be the revolutionaries. State"s repressive capacity must break down: foran"s model of third world revolution. Critique: laundry list of conditions, majority of which are prevalent in most l. amer. Second gen revolutions: revolutions carried out in the global south in the post-wwii period. Economic dependency is major factor. (may make it harder to transform society) 1898: us declares war on spain and takes possession of cuba. (spanish-american war) Dominated us economy in early 1900s (influx of us corporations). 1940s/1950s - corrupt dictatorship of fulgencio batista - held power for two dictators.
