Revolutionary Change
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Revolutionary Change is a seminal political science book by Chalmers Johnson that analyzes the causes, dynamics, and processes of social and political revolutions.
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| Revolutionary Change canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Revolutionary Change Context triple: [Chalmers Johnson, notableWork, Revolutionary Change]
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A.
Reform or Revolution
Reform or Revolution is a seminal 1899 pamphlet by Rosa Luxemburg that critiques revisionist socialism and defends the necessity of revolutionary struggle over gradual reform within capitalism.
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Revolutionary Spaces
Revolutionary Spaces is a Boston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and interpreting historic sites and stories from the American Revolution for public education and engagement.
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Quiet Revolution
The Quiet Revolution was a period of rapid social, political, and cultural transformation in 1960s Quebec that secularized institutions, expanded the welfare state, and significantly reduced the influence of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Atlantic Revolutions
The Atlantic Revolutions were a series of late-18th- and early-19th-century uprisings across the Americas and Europe that challenged monarchical rule and advanced ideas of liberty, equality, and popular sovereignty.
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E.
Counterrevolution and Revolt
Counterrevolution and Revolt is a 1972 political-philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes the failures of revolutionary movements of the 1960s and critiques advanced industrial society’s mechanisms of domination and social control.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Revolutionary Change Target entity description: Revolutionary Change is a seminal political science book by Chalmers Johnson that analyzes the causes, dynamics, and processes of social and political revolutions.
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A.
Reform or Revolution
Reform or Revolution is a seminal 1899 pamphlet by Rosa Luxemburg that critiques revisionist socialism and defends the necessity of revolutionary struggle over gradual reform within capitalism.
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B.
Revolutionary Spaces
Revolutionary Spaces is a Boston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and interpreting historic sites and stories from the American Revolution for public education and engagement.
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C.
Quiet Revolution
The Quiet Revolution was a period of rapid social, political, and cultural transformation in 1960s Quebec that secularized institutions, expanded the welfare state, and significantly reduced the influence of the Roman Catholic Church.
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D.
Atlantic Revolutions
The Atlantic Revolutions were a series of late-18th- and early-19th-century uprisings across the Americas and Europe that challenged monarchical rule and advanced ideas of liberty, equality, and popular sovereignty.
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E.
Counterrevolution and Revolt
Counterrevolution and Revolt is a 1972 political-philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes the failures of revolutionary movements of the 1960s and critiques advanced industrial society’s mechanisms of domination and social control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ political science book ⓘ political scientist ⓘ |
| analyzes |
patterns of social and political instability
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role of political institutions in revolution ⓘ structural conditions leading to revolution ⓘ |
| author | Chalmers Johnson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
classic study of revolution
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seminal work in political science ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
comparative politics
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political development ⓘ revolutionary theory ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
causes of revolutions
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dynamics of revolutions ⓘ processes of revolutions ⓘ |
| genre | political science ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Chalmers Johnson ⓘ |
| influenced | later scholarship on revolutions ⓘ |
| knownFor | Revolutionary Change ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
political change
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revolutionary movements ⓘ revolutions ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| theorizes |
relationship between reform and revolution
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stages of revolutionary change ⓘ |
| usedIn |
university courses on comparative politics
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university courses on revolution and social change ⓘ |
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