Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.7906/indecs.13.3.6

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

Michael Givel orcid.org/0000-0002-3829-6666 ; Department of Political Science – The University of Oklahoma, Norman, The United States of America

Abstract

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.

Keywords

political revolution; complexity theory; policy regime

Hrčak ID:

142660

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/142660

Publication date:

28.7.2015.

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