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... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of organizations, institutions and structure > communities (sociology) > activism and social transformation > social movements > social revolutions
... > social science subjects > geography > human geography > political geography > social movements > social revolutions
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > political theory > political geography > social movements > social revolutions

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social revolutions  

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  • Social revolutions are the most extreme forms of collective actions. Where most social movements limit themselves to changes in the social system, social revolutions seek changes of it Because they contest economic, political, cultural, and social orders with an involvement of a large number of people hitherto excluded from the domains of “public transcripts,” social revolutions are distinct from political revolutions and coups. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Social Revolutions]

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