Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Morris Morley
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp or (3cp in HIST or MHIS or POL units)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit will examine the causes, processes and outcomes (success or failures) of some major post-1945 Third World revolutions. It will begin with a discussion of key theories or explanations of why revolutions occur, and the role played by various social and class forces. The case studies will focus on revolutions via mass mobilizations and/or earned struggle (Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Phillipines), anti-colonial revolutions (Vietnam) and revolutions via the 'ballot box' (Chile). The case studies will emphasise social, political and economic factors, the role of social classes, leadership patterns, political strategies and ideologies.
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Name | Weighting | Due |
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First Essay | 20% | August 29, 5pm |
Second Essay | 30% | October 4, 5pm |
Exam | 50% | exam period |
Due: August 29, 5pm
Weighting: 20%
500-600 Word essay based on unit reading.
Due: October 4, 5pm
Weighting: 30%
Essay Questions will be provided on iLearn
Due: exam period
Weighting: 50%
3 hour exam in exam period.
DELIVERY
Internal students
The seminar for this unit is on Monday 3-4 pm in W5C 320
External students
There are no on-campus sessions for external students.
ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Internal students - First Essay - submit hard copy to the POL277 box ground floor W6A.
- Second Essay - submit hard copy to the POL277 box ground floor W6A and submit a copy through Turnitin in iLearn.
External students - First Essay - please send an email with an attachment to morris.morley@mq.edu.au
- Second Essay - submit through Turnitin in iLearn.
Readings
REVOLUTIONS AND REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS: THEORIES AND EXPLANATIONS
James DeFronzo, Revolutions & Revolutionary Movements, 3nd Edition. Boulder: Westview Press, 2007, pp.7-18
Eric Selbin, “Revolution in the Real World,” in John Foran, Theorizing Revolutions. London and New York: Routledge, 1997, pp.123-33
Misagh Parsa, States, Ideologies & Social Revolutions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp.3-28
Karen Kampwirth, Women & Guerrilla Movements. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002, pp.117-134
VIETNAM: ANTICOLONIAL REVOLUTION, 1945-75
DeFronzo, Revolutionary & Revolutionary Movements, pp.137-172
H. John LeVan, ‘Vietnam: Revolution of Post Colonial Consolidation” in Jack L. Goldstone, et al., eds., Revolutions of the Late Twentieth Century. Boulder: Westview Press, 1991, pp.52-85
CUBA: ORIGINS OF THE REVOLUTION, 1902-1958
Marifeli Perez-Stable, The Cuban Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, pp.14-60.
Ramon Eduardo Ruiz, Cuba: The Making of a Revolution. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1968, pp.115-169
CUBA: ORIGINS OF THE REVOLUTION, 1902-1958
Marifeli Perez-Stable, The Cuban Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, pp.14-60.
Ramon Eduardo Ruiz, Cuba: The Making of a Revolution. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1968, pp.115-169
NICARAGUA: TOPPLING THE SOMOZA DICTATORSHIP
Thomas W. Walker, Nicaragua: Living in the Shadow of the Eagle. Boulder: Westview Press, 2003, 4th Edition, pp.25-42
Jeff Goodwin, No Other Way Out. New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2001, pp.186-195
**John A. Booth, The End and the Beginning: The Nicaraguan Revolution. Boulder: Westview Press, 1985, pp.97-126, 137-155
**James Dunkerley, Power in the Isthmus. London: Verso, pp.221-260
IRAN: THE FALL OF THE PEACOCK THRONE
Farrokh Moshiri, “”Iran: Islamic Revolution against Westernization,” in Goldstone, et al, eds. Revolutions of the Late Twentieth Century, pp.116-133
John Foran, Taking Power: On the Origins of Third World Revolution. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp.74-87
**John Foran, “The Iranian Revolution of 1977-79,” in Foran, ed., A Century of Revolution: Social Movements in Iran. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1994, pp.160-181
**Ervand Abrahamian, Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982, pp.496-529
PHILIPPINES: SOCIAL FORCES AND ELITE REVOLUTION
Misagh Parsa, States, Ideologies & Social Revolutions, pp.262-275
Richard J. Kessler, “The Philippines: The Making of a ‘People Power’ Revolution,” in Goldstone et al., eds., Revolutions of the Late Twentieth Century, pp.194-206
**John Bresnan, ed., Crisis in the Philippines. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986, pp.70-144
**Mark R. Thompson, The Anti-Marcos Struggle. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995, pp.114-161
EPILOGUE: MORE THIRD WORLD REVOLUTIONS?
John Foran, ed., The Future of Revolutions. London & New York: Zed Books, 2003, pp.59-81
LECTURE & TUTORIAL SCHEDULE
Week 1 August 1 Introduction
Week 2 August 8 Theories of Revolution
Week 3 August 15 Structure and Agency
Week 4 August 22 Role of Ideology, Leaders, Gender
Week 5 August 29 Role of Social Classes
Week 6 September 5 Revolution in Vietnam
Week 7 September 12 Revolution in Cuba
Mid-Semester Break
Week 8 October 3 Revolution in Chile [Public holiday, Lecture taped]
Week 9 October 10 Revolution in Nicaragua
Week 10 October 17 Revolution in Iran
Week 11 October 24 Revolution in Philippines
Week 12 October 31 The Future of Third World Revolutions
Week 13 November 7 To Be Decided
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