Works on the 1848 revolutions, 1989 collapse of European communism, 1998–2005
postcommunist color revolutions, and 2011 Arab uprisings frequently cross-reference each …

This introductory chapter provides a number of definitions of different kinds and forms of
revolutionary events as well as a preliminary description of all the revolutionary waves of the …

At the end of January 2011, Mubarak faced such a combination of long-, medium-and short-
term factors that he had no way to counter:(1) The explosive growth of the population of …

The multi-level perspective (MLP) has emerged as a fruitful middle-range framework for
analysing socio-technical transitions to sustainability. The MLP also received constructive …

" The revolution will be Twittered!" declared journalist Andrew Sullivan after protests erupted
in Iran in June 2009. Yet for all the talk about the democratizing power of the Internet …

Social movements have attracted much attention in recent years, both from scholars and
among the wider public. This book examines the consequences of social movements …

With the accelerated process of modernization the number of revolutions has increased. The
twentieth century witnessed many events of this kind. In this chapter the authors analyze the …

Since man first forged metal tools and started farming for his food, thus emerging from the
stone age, no event in human history has had a greater impact than the Industrial Revolution …

This chapter offers an analysis of conditions in the MENA countries on the eve of the Arab
Spring wave of revolutions from the World System perspective, as well as the causes …

Social movements have an elusive power but one that is altogether real. From the French
and American revolutions to the Arab Spring, and to ethnic and terrorist movements of today …