Social Revolutions in the Modern World (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
This work is very useful for the student reader because of its presentation of fundamental views in the field and as an introduction to conflicting major theories in the study of social revolution. It is of interest to the most sophisticated reader in its assertion of Skocpol's views. It is a worthwhile addition to a university library as well as the private one of any person interested in social revolution."   Perspectives on Political Science"...provides an extremely useful companion to [Skocpol's] thinking.  The experience of reading it is an unusual one, for Skocpol writes with equal intelligence, grace and lucidity."   International Affairs"...one of America's leading comparative sociologists refines and expands the arguments she made in her 1979 book, States and Social Revolutions, to account for the numerous Third World revolutions since then....consistently sophisticated and informative."   Foreign Affairs"A sophisticated research design using Boolean qualitative comparative analysis is used to examine more than two dozen instances of attempted armed insurrection in Latin America since 1956 to account for successes in Cuba and Nicaragua and failures everywhere else. Skocpol uses these works to assess what has been learned about social revolutions to date....This is a well-chosen set of Skocpol's writings on revolution over three decades, and it can be read profitably in whole or in part by all who would follow in her footsteps."    John Foran, American Political Science Review