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Mike Duncan synthesizes the causal factors across all 10 revolutions: fiscal crisis, elite fragmentation, popular mobilization, and the presence of an alternative ideology. No single factor is sufficient; all are necessary.
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Revolutions require four simultaneous conditions: fiscal crisis, elite fracture, mass mobilization, and an alternative vision
Duncan identifies four necessary conditions present in every revolution he covered: the state runs out of money, the ruling class splits, ordinary people are organized enough to act, and an alternative political vision exists.•
The most dangerous moment for a repressive regime is when it begins to reform — liberalization creates expectations that outpace change
Duncan confirms the Tocqueville pattern across all 10 revolutions: the regimes that fell were not the most repressive. They were the ones that began reforming, creating expectations that reforms could not satisfy.Was this useful?