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20th Century revolutions: characteristics, types, and waves

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: The 20th century revolutionary process had a big impact on the World System and significantly changed its entire configuration. However, there are essential gaps in terms of theoretical approaches, in particular, in terms of the typology of revolutions. Moreover, there is clearly insufficient research related to qualitative and quantitative analysis and consideration of the revolutions of the 20th century in their entirety. This article aims to fill those gaps by pursuing three main goals: (1) comparison of revolutions of the 20th and 19th centuries, highlighting the important characteristics of the former; (2) classification of revolutions of the 20th century; (3) identification of the main revolutionary waves of the 20th century and their essential characteristics.

Source: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

DOI: 10.1057/s41599-022-01120-9

Authors: Leonid Grinin, Anton Grinin, Andrey Korotayev

Institutions: National Research University Higher School of Economics, Institute of Oriental Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Language: English

Topic: World Systems and Global Transformations

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,490

Funders: Russian Science Foundation, Lomonosov Moscow State University