Caught in the Crossfire: Revolutions, Repression, and the Rational Peasant

Caught in the Crossfire: Revolutions, Repression, and the Rational Peasant
ISBN-10
0742525392
ISBN-13
9780742525399
Series
Caught in the Crossfire
Category
History
Pages
317
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Author
Thomas David Mason

Description

The puzzle of revolution in the Third World -- Theories of revolution : the evolution of the field -- Dependent development and the crisis of rural stability -- Mobilizing peasant social movements -- The response of the state : reform or repression? -- State repression and the escalation of revolutionary violence -- Win, lose, or draw : how civil wars end -- Reform, repression, and revolution in El Salvador -- Peruvian land reform the rise of Sendero Luminoso -- The future of revolutions in the countryside : globalization, democratization, and peacekeeping.

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