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The Paradox of Explosive and Gradual Policy Change in Political Revolutionary Times

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  • Michael Givel

    (Department of Political Science - The University of Oklahoma, Norman, The United States of America)

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Many political revolutionary theorists have argued that political revolutionary activity occurs in a dramatic fashion resulting in explosive change in the orientation of established policy regimes resulting in radically new public policy outputs and governmental organizational structures. This research, quantitatively analyzing political revolutions that culminated in the 20th century, confirms that short-term political revolutionary activity and the establishment of new policy regimes were few in number. Most successful political revolutionary activities along with new policy regimes were long-term while some political revolutions were not successful. The process of political revolutionary activity to overthrow established policy regimes is a complex phenomenon with political and policy change occurring across widely varying time frames.

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  • Michael Givel, 2015. "The Paradox of Explosive and Gradual Policy Change in Political Revolutionary Times," Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, Croatian Interdisciplinary Society Provider Homepage: http://indecs.eu, vol. 13(3), pages 405-419.
    • Handle: RePEc:zna:indecs:v:13:y:2015:i:3:p:405-419
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    Keywords

    political revolution; complexity theory; policy regime;
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    • N40 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - General, International, or Comparative

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