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  2. Age of Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The Age of Revolution is a period from the late-18th to the mid-19th centuries during which a number of significant revolutionary movements occurred in most of Europe and the Americas. [ 2 ] The period is noted for the change from absolutist monarchies to representative governments with a written constitution, and the creation of nation states ...

  3. Waves of democracy - Wikipedia

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    In political science, the waves of democracy or waves of democratization are major surges of democracy that have occurred in history. Although the term appears at least as early as 1887, [1] it was popularized by Samuel P. Huntington, a political scientist at Harvard University, in his article published in the Journal of Democracy and further expounded in his 1991 book, The Third Wave ...

  4. Bolshevism - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Bolshevism. Bolshevism (derived from Bolshevik) is a revolutionary socialist current of Soviet Leninist and later Marxist–Leninist political thought and political regime associated with the formation of a rigidly centralized, cohesive and disciplined party of social revolution, focused on overthrowing the existing capitalist state ...

  5. Marxism - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 October 2024. Economic and sociopolitical worldview For the political ideology commonly associated with states governed by communist parties, see Marxism–Leninism. Part of a series on Marxism Theoretical works Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 The Condition of the Working Class in England ...

  6. Socialism - Wikipedia

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    e. Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems [ 1 ] characterised by social ownership of the means of production, [ 2 ] as opposed to private ownership. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] It describes the economic, political, and social theories and movements associated with the implementation of such ...

  7. Category:20th-century revolutions - Wikipedia

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    0–9. 17 July Revolution. 5 October 1910 revolution. 1911 Revolution. 28 May 1926 coup d'état. 1932 Trujillo Revolution. 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. 14 July Revolution. 1962 Burmese coup d'état.

  8. Social revolution - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Social revolutions are sudden changes in the structure and nature of society. [ 1 ] These revolutions are usually recognized as having transformed society, economy, culture, philosophy, and technology along with but more than just the political systems. [ 2 ]

  9. Revolutionary wave - Wikipedia

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    Politics portal. v. t. e. A revolutionary wave (sometimes revolutionary decade) is a series of revolutions occurring in various locations within a particular timespan. In many cases, past revolutions and revolutionary waves have inspired current ones, or an initial revolution has inspired other concurrent "affiliate revolutions" with similar ...