Modern Revolution - by Daniel Brook (Paperback)

About the Book

Using a comparative historical methodology, this book analyzes and contrasts the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia with China's Tiananmen Square rebellion from socio-cultural and political economic perspectives.

Book Synopsis

Using a comparative historical methodology, this book analyzes the causal convergence of the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia from socio-cultural and political economic perspectives, and contrasts it with China's Tiananmen Square rebellion during same year. The key strategy in tracking the causal convergence is a measured emphasis on structures, agencies, cultures, and their interactions.

Review Quotes

"Brook penetrates deeply into the interplay of ideas, events, and world history in the making of the 'Velvet Revolution' in Czechoslovakia in 1989. In presenting the most theoretically detailed analysis of this revolution, he provides new insights into the nature of revolutionary conjunctures, and the factors that intervene when revolutionary ideas and state power collide." --Jack A. Goldstone, Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University and editor of Revolutions: Theoretical, Comparative, and Historical St

About the Author

Daniel Brook received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Davis. More information on Dr. Brook can be accessed online at www.brook.com/dan.