ISS 325 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Wu Xing
6 Sep 2016
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Iss325 lecture 1 social movement and revolutions. A revolutionary movement is a social movement in which participants strive to drastically alter or totally replace existing social, economic, or political institution. However, in general, revolution are difficult to categorized as either totally liberal or totally conservative, many revolutions include both leftist and rightist characteristic. Revolution will not be achieved without these five crucial factors. Mass discontent and popular uprisings: a large proportion of society"s population up against state authority. Dissident elite political movements: division between those who have access to wealth or power divide the existing government. United from all classes: unity between large population and elites takes a great step on achieving the revolutionary goal. Severe state crisis: a devastating national crisis paralyze the administrative and coercive capabilities of the state. Permissive world context: the government of other nations, which has interest on the country where the revolution is ongoing, does not interfere efficiently.
