Vive Le Revolution!

1
Vive Le Revolution!

• What Do You Need to Have a Revolution?

2
The Five As Necessary For A Revolution To Occur

• At least two opposing sides
• Access to weapons
• Aims expressed in a slogan
• Accomplished leaders
• Ailments present socially, economically, and
  politically

3
What goes into a Revolution?

• Conditions (Ailments)
• 1-Political
• 2-Social
• 3-Economic

4
Aims (Goals or Philosophy)

• Must be clearly defined or made into a slogan.

5
Leaders (Accomplished Leaders)

• They need to be convince people to rise up
  against the current leadership.
• People need a framework for a new government.
• Too much opposition is not good.

6
Stages of the Revolution1-Incubation Stage

• The intellectuals desert the existing system
• There is sharp criticism of the authorities
• Faith in the system is lost
• The ruling class becomes more incompetent

7
Stages Cont.

• At least one class is on the rise economically. 
• The class begins to demand participation in
  government.
• The upper class locks them out, and the ranks of
  aristocracy close. 
• Class distinctions become more hardened.

8
Stages Cont.

• Government suffers serious financial and economic
  problems.

9
2. Moderate Stage

• Moderates rise to prominence and challenge
  existing authority.
• As authority is challenged, some acts of
  violence occur.
• Government fails to use force effectively.
• Moderates win the day and get power. Honeymoon
  period where the revolution seems to be over.

10
Moderate stage continued

• Pressure from extremists grows.
• Moderates are overthrown.

11
3.Crisis/Radical Stage

• Reign of terror and executions
• Use of secret police
• Foreign threat to revolution
• Class struggle
• Economic crisis

12
4.Recovery Stage

• Things revert back to normal (reign of terror
  over)
• Government resorts to pre-revolution form of
  government.
• Peace is made with neighboring countries

13
The End Result

• There are two possibilities at this point
• 1 Stability returns because of reform
• 2 Revolution begins again.

14
For a Revolution to be Successful

• The aims need to be defined and propagandized
  (Some sort of slogan)
• The leaders must have a social and educational
  background that allows them to hold the
  government together.
• They must be able to produce a framework and a
  coalition for a new government.

15

• The degree of the opposition cant be too great,
  or too strong.
• The problems present for the revolution to occur
  must be resolved.