No Other Way Out
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States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945–1991
Jeff Goodwin
résumé
No Other Way Out provides a powerful explanation for the emergence of popular revolutionary movements, and the occurrence of actual revolutions, during the Cold War era. This sweeping study ranges from Southeast Asia in the 1940s and 1950s to Central America in the 1970s and 1980s and Eastern Europe in 1989. Goodwin demonstrates how the actions of specific types of authoritarian regimes unwittingly channeled popular resistance into radical and often violent directions. By comparing the historical trajectories of more than a dozen countries, Goodwin also shows how revolutionaries were able to create opportunities for seizing state power.
contenus
Figures, tables and maps
Abbreviations and acronyms
Preface and acknowledgments
Part I. Introduction: 1. Comparing revolutionary movements
2. The state-centered perspective on revolutions: strengths and limitations
Part II. Southeast Asia: Chronology for Southeast Asia
3. The formation of revolutionary movements in Southeast Asia
4. The only domino: the Vietnamese revolution in comparative perspective
Part III. Central America: Chronology for Central America
5. The formation of revolutionary movements in Central America
6. Not-so-inevitable revolutions: the political trajectory of revolutionary movements in Central America
Part IV. Further Comparisons and Theoretical Elaborations: 7. Between success and failure: persistent insurgencies
Chronology for Eastern Europe
8. 'Refolution' and rebellion in Eastern Europe, 1989
9. Conclusion: generalizations and prognostication
Annotated bibliography
Index.