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What is political and social?
Revolutions are of these two different types
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What is a social movement?
Contention that is ongoing and organized towards a goal of social change, often reformist in nature and led by official leaders, is called this
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What is political opportunities?
This theory of contention explains how state breakdown creates an opportunity for revolution
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What is a military coup (or coup d'etat)?
We saw this occur in Egypt (2013), Zimbabwe (2017), and attempted in Turkey (2017).
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What is rational choice?
This theory of contention explains how it most often does not make sense for any individual to participate in revolution
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