The Future of Revolutions Rethinking Radical Change in the Age of Globalization

Contents (as published)::1. Introduction to the Future of Revolutions - John Foran::PART I DEFINING THE TERMS OF REVOLUTION AND GLOBALIZATION::2. Finding the Revolutionary in the Revolution: Social Science Concepts and the Future of Revolution - Jeffery M. Paige::3. The Democratic Turn: New Ways of Understanding Revolution - Farideh Farhi::4. Parallaxes: Revolutions and 'Revolution' in a Globalized Imaginary - Noel Parker::PART II RETHINKING REVOLUTIONS IN LIGHT OF GLOBALIZATION::5. The Renewal of Socialism and the Decline of Revolution - Jeff Goodwin::6. Will Democratization and Globalization Make Revolutions Obsolete? - Misagh Parsa::7. Zapata's White Horse and Che's Beret: Theses on the Future of Revolution - Eric Selbin::8. Between Market Democracies and Capitalist Globalization: Is There Any Prospect for Social Revolution in Latin America? - Carlos Vilas::9. Globalization, Violence and Revolutions: Nine Theses - Adolfo Gilly::First Thematic Discussion: The Political Economy and GeoPolitics of Globalization: What's Changed? What does it mean for the Future of Revolutions?::PART III LANGUAGES AND STRATEGIES OF THE FUTURE::10. The Demise of Bolshevism and the Rebirth of Zapatismo: Revolutionary Options in a Post-Soviet World - Christopher A. McAuley::11. Is the Future of Revolution Feminist? Rewriting 'Gender and Revolutions' for a Globalizing World - Valentine Moghadam::12. Revolutionary Practices of Freedom at the Crossroads of Globalization: Participatory Democracy as a Possible Medium of Future Revolutionary Struggle - Abdollah Dashti::13. Globalization, Technopolitics, and Revolution - Douglas Kellner::Second Thematic Discussion: The Shaping of Revolutions by Culture and Agency and by Race, Class, and Gender::PART IV: FROM AFGHANISTAN TO THE ZAPATISTAS::14. Globalization and Popular Movements - John Walton::15. Marching with the Taliban or Dancing with the Zapatistas? Revolution after the Cold War - Karen Kampwirth::16. The Zapatista Rebellion in the Context of Globalization - Jane F. and George A. Collier::17. Overthrowing the Fathers: Prospects for Revolutionary Transformation in the Twenty-first Century Arab Gulf Monarchies - Mary Ann Tétreault::PART V: WILL THE FUTURE BE BETTER?::18. Magical Realism: How Might the Revolutions of the Future Have Better End (ing) s? - John Foran::Third Thematic Discussion: How Might the Revolutions of the Future Have Better Outcomes?::Afterword - Utopian Realism: The Challenge for 'Revolution' in Our Times - Fred Halliday::

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