date: 2025-07-24 previous note: [[0104 International Relations]] related note(s): - tags: #political-theory --- There are four types of revolution as theorized by Theda Skopol: 1. Marxist focuses on class divisions as a source of revolution. 2. Aggregate psychological highlights people's motivations for using violence. 3. System/value consensus focuses on the response to severe disequilibrium in social system, and requires crisis in the existing social system. Loss of legitimacy by authorities. 4. Political conflict, centralized conflict between governments and opposition groups. --- ## References 1. [[Sun Tzu in Space]] p.188