Reviews for Social Revolutions in the Modern World

The average rating for Social Revolutions in the Modern World based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-10-05 00:00:00 John Demeza This was an assigned text for Master's level course in Insurgency and Revolutions. It has some good theories in it but reading it is like wading through molasses in January. Getting through this book will take superior self-discipline and a lot of caffeine. If you experience the desire to quit, gouge your eyes out, or drop out of school, that's completely normal. There were so many complaints about this book the professor dropped it from the course. Bad news, I couldn't sell it back (and I am typically anti selling back text books, I'm one of those that keep them all but I would have sold this one back in a heart beat). There are better books out there that are far more interesting and easier to read in the realm of social revolutions.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-07-08 00:00:00 Daniel Wholecheese A sequel, of sorts, to Skocpol's first book on Social Revolutions. This one attempts to defend her structuralist approach against academic critics of that approach. There is an interesting analysis of Iran and its revolution (the one that undermines the argument in her first book), but the rest is aimed at an academic audience, exclusively.