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revolution

vr.tr.revolution · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain revolution as a concept and its kinds, relay theories and comparative research with attribution, present historical revolutions neutrally, and distinguish revolution from coups, reforms and rebellions.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain revolution as a concept and its kinds, relay theories and comparative research with attribution, present historical revolutions neutrally, and distinguish revolution from coups, reforms and rebellions.

A fundamental and relatively rapid change in political power, social order or economic organisation, typically through mass mobilisation and often through force, as in the American, French, Russian, Chinese and Iranian revolutions and the revolutions of 1848 across Europe including the German states, with variants such as social revolution, violent revolution, revolutionary general strikes and the export of revolution, and extended uses such as the managerial revolution; revolutions are studied comparatively for causes, processes and outcomes.

What it is for: Not applicable; a form of change.

It can be explain the concept and kinds; relay theories with attribution; present historical cases neutrally; distinguish from coups and reforms.

Distinguishing features

Fundamental change

Mass participation

Contested legitimacy

Comparative study

What it looks like

Not a visible object; mass events and regime change.

How it is recognised

Fundamental rapid change in political or social order

Political, social, violent and non-violent revolutions

A coup is a seizure of power by a small group; reform is gradual change; a rebellion may not aim at transformation

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

regime change

is a kind of - in registry terms

social change

is a kind of - in registry terms

conflict

is contrasted with - a narrow seizure of power

coup

In practice

Families and kinds

political revolutions

social revolutions transforming class structures

violent and non-violent revolutions

waves such as 1848, 1989 and the Arab Spring

revolutionary strategies such as the general strike and export of revolution

extended uses such as industrial, scientific and managerial revolutions

Standards and regulation

International law on the recognition of governments

No regulation of the concept

Failure modes and hazards

Partisan framing of revolutions

Presenting contested histories as settled

Conflating revolution with coup or civil war

Glorifying or condemning violence without attribution

Also called

revolutionary general strikeRevolutions of 1848 in the German statesviolent revolutionexport of revolutionmanagerial revolutionsocial revolutioncommunist revolutionproletarian revolutionnonviolent revolutionsexual revolutiondemocratic revolutiontechnological revolutionBourgeois revolutionabolition of monarchyworld revolutionpermanent revolutionExporting the Islamic Revolutionworld communist revolution

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.revolution

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a revolution is.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition and kinds.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a revolution, and how do political, social and other kinds differ? definition
  2. Is the event a revolution, a coup, a civil war or a reform? boundary

Theories

Theories.

Theories

Theories.

  1. What theories explain revolutions, from Marx and Brinton to Skocpol and Goldstone, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
History Historical revolutions.

Attribution.

Cases

Major revolutions.

Cases

Cases.

  1. How do historians describe the major revolutions, including 1848 in the German states, with interpretations attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific revolution? action

Waves

Revolutionary waves.

Waves

Waves.

  1. How do revolutions spread in waves, and what does research say about diffusion? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Process Process and outcomes.

Attribution.

Process

Process.

Process

Process.

  1. How do revolutions unfold, including mobilisation, strikes and violence, as scholars describe? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and non-operational? boundary

Outcomes

Outcomes.

Outcomes

Outcomes.

  1. What do comparative studies say about outcomes of violent and non-violent revolutions, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits civil resistance? action
Context Extended senses and culture.

Context.

Extended

Extended senses.

Extended

Extended.

  1. How is revolution used for industrial, scientific, managerial and technological change? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific extended sense? action

Culture

Culture and memory.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How are revolutions remembered and represented in culture, with attribution? provenance
  2. Which entry fits historical memory? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should social revolution and revolutionary wave be separate entries?
  • How should comparative research be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific events, strategies and extended senses; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON