Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Editor: Quee-Young Kim -- Introduction Paradigms and Revolutions: The Societal and Statist Approaches Reconsidered / Quee-Young Kim -- Deprivation, Mobilization and the State: A Synthetic Model of Rebellion / Will H. Moore and Keith Jaggers -- The Social Origins of Dictatorship, Democracy and Socialist Revolution in Central America / Jeffery M. Paige -- Class, Dependency and Revolution in the Caribbean: Preliminary Considerations for a Comparative Study of Aborted and Successful Revolutions / José A. Moreno -- Disjunctive Justice and Revolutionary Movements: The 4.19 (Sa-il-gu) Upheaval and the Fall of the Syngman Rhee Regime in South Korea / Quee-Young Kim -- The Role of Political Exiles in Democratic Transitions: The Case of the Philippines / Yossi Shain and Mark Thompson -- Islam, Culture and Revolution: The Case of Iran / Brigid A. Starkey -- Ideology and Revolution in Iran / Farideh Farhi -- From Military to Social Revolution: A Comparative Analysis of Ethiopia and the Sudan / Quee-Young Kim and Jennifer M. Leach -- References / Editor: Quee-Young Kim -- Contributors / Editor: Quee-Young Kim -- Index / Editor: Quee-Young Kim.

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