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Revolution

What is the revolution?

The revolution can be defined as a radical or drastic change or transformation of what is known as the present. This can be applied in the personal aspect or in the political aspect, since the changes can be generated in various aspects of life. A revolution is a change or transformation of something pre-established, the modification of what is prescribed by a few for the majority.

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Revolution is used as the equivalent of uproar, commotion or restlessness as well as it is used as transformation, change or avant-garde and therefore its meaning will vary according to the context with which it is presented.

The discrepancy between revolution and rebellion , within the sphere of social sciences and political sciences, resides in the fact that the revolution irreparably involves a concrete and generally essential and recondite change, instead the rebellion is not constituted and is determined by the revolt as a peculiarity. essential human.

Generally a revolution originates as a result of collective organizations, seen from the political point of view, which does not agree with what has been determined for society and they want to make a change in it.

Types of revolution

    • Politics : this type of revolution seeks, as a fundamental element, the change of both government and internal policies that, according to its point of view, goes against the benefits of the majority. Its purpose is to strike a balance between what is sought for the majority and what the sovereign wants.

Examples of political revolution

  1. Carnation Revolution
  2. Cuban revolution
  3. Revolution in Venezuela
  • Social : the social revolution is the set of modifications that are required internally in terms of daily social relations within a given territorial space. This type of relationship transcends beyond politics, altering with it the property relationships themselves.

Examples of social revolution

  1. French Revolution
  2. Soviet revolution
  • Economic : the economic revolution is the drastic exchange of the situations of preparation, placement and expenditure of goods and services. The term is universally applied with technological exchanges, such as what happened with the so-called Industrial Revolution (where it led an unequal era thanks to the use of new techniques, energy sources, the invention of machinery and new means of transportation, among other issues).

Examples of social revolution

  1. Industrial Revolution : The Industrial Revolution is a set of socioeconomic and technological changes that involve the transformation of an economy based on agriculture, crafts and the rural environment to one based on industry, mechanized production and the urban environment.

This term applies especially to the historical period located approximately between the middle of the 18th century to the middle of the 19th century in the United States, Japan and some countries of Europe in which great changes in this sense took place.

  1. Green revolution : The green revolution is the development of agricultural production mainly during the second third of the twentieth century, the result of the preamble of new diversities of cultivation, agricultural techniques and technology.

It originated in North America and was developed in different parts of the planet. It represented a fundamental change in several countries, as a way to combat food insolvency and at an economic level, contributing to the increase in exports.

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