The formative years; national liberation of a special type (1960-1975); from Soweto to Kabwe (1976-1984); the politics of ungovernability - insurrectionary hopes and strategic ...

Revolution is a key concept in the social sciences and this book aims to show how revolution must by its nature be disputed. It re-examines the place of revolution in modern ...

What motivates political leaders to seek office? What social backgrounds do political leaders exhibit? Are all leaders fundamentally alike or do we find important differences ...

This splendid book offers an insight into why Iran, once assumed to have one of the most stable governments in the Middle East, crumbled so rapidly in 1979. Amjad's study ...

On November 4, 1995 the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin left Israeli society shocked and bewildered by the reemergence of religiously motivated political violence in an age of ...

This splendid book offers an insight into why Iran, once assumed to have one of the most stable governments in the Middle East, crumbled so rapidly in 1979. Amjad's study ...

This second edition of "Modern Latin American Revolutions" has been revised and updated to include new information on the cases of Bolivia, Cuba, and Grenada. Particular ...

"Examines why the study of revolution has attained such importance, and provides a systematic historical analysis of key ideas and theories. The book surveys the classical ...

Scepticism about the `science' of social science is as widespread now as it has ever been. Sartori and his colleagues attribute this lack of progress to the neglect of concept ...