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Chapter Twelve
Learning Objectives
- Understand how political scientists view the informal or non-institutionalized struggle over resources.
- Understand the basic types or forms of contention identified by political scientists.
- Learn major theories about the causes of revolutions and related forms of contention.
- Practice comparative analysis through considering the major cases of the “Arab Spring.”
Key Concepts
- Contention
- Revolutionary and Non-revolutionary Contention
- Social Movements
- Revolutions
- Insurgencies and Civil Wars
- Terrorism
- “Everyday Resistance”