Explaining revolutions in the contemporary Third World

Jeff Goodwin’s network theory of “peripheral revolutions”

“…Значительное влияние международных связей на успех революционных дви-жений не означает, что периферийные революции -порождение лишь внешних факторов [17]. Международные связи практически не объясняют, почему в одних случаях мобилизация сторонников движения и формирование революционной коалиции были успешны, а в других -нет.…”

Warlords, famine and food aid: Who fights, who starves?

“…While this literature tends to focus on the motivations for conflict, another views the cause of conflict in opportunities (Goodwin and Skocpol, 1989;Lohmann, 1993;Collier and Hoeffler, 2004;Fearon and Laitin, 2003). In this equally important literature, little place is left for spontaneous outspurs of violence or reality denials and ideologically driven actions.…”

Contentious spaces : a comparative analysis of Latin American resistance campaigns, 1956-2006.

“…This is what the Chinese Communist Party did when it withdrew to the countryside to engage in guerrilla war after failed attempts at urban insurrection. After World War II, other revolutionary movements in such places as Central America, Lusophone Africa and Southeast Asia would take advantage of peripheral areas outside of state control (Goodwin and Skocpol 1994;Skocpol 1976). …”

“…Beginning with revolutionary theory (Huntington 1968;Skocpol 1979;Dix, 1984Dix, , 1984Goodwin and Skocpol 1994;Wickham-Crowley 1992;Tilly 1978), this project was largely deductive in its early phases. Over time, the project evolved and shifted from twentieth century revolutions to Latin American resistance campaigns, with the revolutions in Cuba and Nicaragua serving as pivots.…”

“…Given the amount of ink spilled over the importance of regime-type as a factor in understanding revolution (Huntington 1968;Skocpol 1979;Dix 1983Dix , 1984WickhamCrowley 1992;Goodwin and Skocpol 1994), it seemed appropriate to extend it to resistance campaigns. However, regime-type was considered as a secondary variable because, at least initially, the primary concern was a narrow focus on space.…”