The future of revolutions : rethinking radical change in the age of globalization

The 20th Century was pre-eminently an age of revolutions - in Russia, China, Cuba and elsewhere - that fundamentally transformed the nature of politics and social arrangements.

As we enter a new century, has it got harder for revolutions to occur in the new unipolar, globalized world?

Here, John Foran asks: is the era of revolution over?; if so, why?; and if not, what might the revolutions of the future?

The contributors analyse past and present, and look speculatively forward.

They examine a range of recent cases, from the backward-looking movement of the Taliban in Afghanistan to the magical revolution in progress in Chiapas, Mexico.

The book includes thematic discussion on globalization, political agency and visions of revolutionary futures.