The 20th Century was an age of revolutions that transformed the nature of politics and social arrangements. This text analyses past and present, and examine a range of cases, from the backward-looking movement of the Taliban in Afghanistan to the magical revolution in progress in Chiapas, Mexico.

The 20th Century was pre-eminently an age of revolutions - in Russia, China, Cuba and elsewhere - that fundamentally transformed the nature of politics and social arrangements. As we enter a new century, has it got harder for revolutions to occur in the new unipolar, globalized world? Here, John Foran asks: is the era of revolution over?; if so, why?; and if not, what might the revolutions of the future? The contributors analyse past and present, and look speculatively forward. They examine a range of recent cases, from the backward-looking movement of the Taliban in Afghanistan to the magical revolution in progress in Chiapas, Mexico. The book includes thematic discussion on globalization, political agency and visions of revolutionary futures.

1. Introduction to the Future of Revolutions
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John Foran
PART I
DEFINING THE TERMS OF REVOLUTION AND GLOBALIZATION
2. Finding the Revolutionary in the Revolution: Social Science Concepts and the Future of Revolution
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Jeffery M. Paige
3. The Democratic Turn: New Ways of Understanding Revolution
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Farideh Farhi
PART II
RETHINKING REVOLUTIONS IN LIGHT OF GLOBALIZATION
4. The Renewal of Socialism and the Decline of Revolution
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Jeff Goodwin
5. Will Democratization and Globalization Make Revolutions Obsolete?
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Misagh Parsa
6. Zapata's White Horse and Che's Beret: Theses on the Future of Revolution
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Eric Selbin
7. Between Market Democracies and Capitalist Globalization: Is There Any Prospect for Social Revolution in Latin America?
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Carlos Vilas
8. Globalization, Violence and Revolutions: Nine Theses
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Adolfo Gilly
9. First Thematic Discussion: The Political Economy and Geo-Politics of Globalization: What's Changed?
What does it mean for the Future of Revolutions?
PART III
LANGUAGES AND STRATEGIES OF THE FUTURE
10. The Demise of Bolshevism and the Rebirth of Zapatismo: Revolutionary Options in a Post-Soviet World
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Christopher A. McAuley
11. Is the Future of Revolution Feminist?
Rewriting 'Gender and Revolutions' for a Globalizing World
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Valentine Moghadam
12. Revolutionary Practices of Freedom at the Crossroads of Globalization: Participatory Democracy as a Possible Medium of Future Revolutionary Struggle
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Abdollah Dashti
13. Globalization, Technopolitics, and Revolution
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Douglas Kellner
14. Second Thematic Discussion: The Shaping of Revolutions by Culture and Agency and Race, Class, and Gender
PART IV: FROM AFGHANISTAN TO THE ZAPATISTAS
15. Globalization and Popular Movements
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John Walton
16. Marching with the Taliban or Dancing with the Zapatistas?
Revolution after the Cold War
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Karen Kampwirth
17. The Zapatista Rebellion in the Context of Globalization
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Jane F. and George A. Collier
18. Overthrowing the Fathers: Prospects for Revolutionary Transformation in the Twenty-first Century Arab Gulf Monarchies
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Mary Ann Tetreault
19. Magical Realism: How Might the Revolutions of the Future Have Better End (ing) s?
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John Foran
20. Final Thematic Discussion: How Might the Revolutions of the Future Have Better Outcomes?
Afterword
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Fred Halliday