2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
    Nov 23, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

PSCI 117 - Revolution and Political Violence


Analyzes the concept, the causes and process of revolution. Is revolution inevitable? How does it differ from terrorism, guerrilla warfare or coups? This course examines the Russian and Chinese revolutions as 20th-century prototypes; comparisons are then drawn to more recent revolutions in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and South Africa.

Course Designation/Attribute: GP

Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year