Revolutionary Contagion and International Politics Nelson Chad E.
Revolutionary Contagion and International Politics Nelson Chad E. A unique theory of what happens when leaders fear a revolution abroad will spread to their own country and how that affects…
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Revolutionary Contagion and International Politics Nelson Chad E.
A unique theory of what happens when leaders fear a revolution abroad will spread to their own country and how that affects international relations.When do leaders fear that a revolution elsewhere will spread to their own polities, and what are the international effects of this fear? Nelson develops and tests a theory that explains how states react to ideological-driven revolutions that have occurred in other nations. In Revolutionary Contagion, Chad E.
He further explains that the key to understanding the response to revolutions lies in focusing on the extent to which leaders fear upheaval in their own countries. To do this, he analyzes four key revolutionary movements over two centuries-liberalism, communism, fascism, and Islamism. According to the theory, Nelson argues, fear of contagion is driven more by the characteristics of the host rather than the