HIS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Liberal Democracy, English Civil War, Social Psychology
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Theories of revolution: theory: an explanation for why revolutions occur. Nonstructural- theories which talk about the process of revolution. Speak a lot about political conflict/social systems theory. Stresses the role of the state as an independent force in revolution: must be studied in international context. Nonstructural theories: natural history school of revolutions. Revolutions go through a certain process and successive stages: social psychological theory/frustration aggression theory. When the people in a society become frustrated with political leadership/discontent, frustration leads to anger which leads to aggression which leads to revolutionary violence: social systems disequilibrium theory. Whenever there is a disruption or a collapse on the agreement of values, society goes into disequilibrium that can cause revolution. Five questions to think about: what is revolution, what is it that changes during a revolution, why do people participate in revolutions, what are the consequences of revolution, what are the causes of revolution.
