A review of: Social Revolutions in the Modern World, by Theda SkocpolTheda Skocpol grew up in Detroit, Michigan, earned her bachelor's degree from Michigan State University, and received a Ph.D. research in sociology at Harvard, where he is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Sociology and Government. She is widely regarded in academic circles for her unique approach to understanding political and social science issues. In 2007, Skocpol received the John Skytte Prize in political science, one of the most prestigious academic awards in the world. Theda Skocpol's Social Revolutions in the Modern World was widely published in 1994 and presents an extension of her comparative, structure-based analysis of various social revolutions. In addition to this book, he has published numerous other works including States and Social Revolutions and the acclaimed Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States, applying his social theories to the genesis of the American welfare state. .Social Revolutions in the Modern World is a collection of essays that updates and expands the arguments Skocpol made years earlier regarding social revolutions in his previous book, States and Social Revolutions. The updated topics seek to explain how we can better understand recent revolutionary uprisings in countries around the world and why social revolutions have occurred in some countries, but not others. Throughout the book, Skocpol illustrates how ideas about states and societies can help identify the particular types of regimes that are susceptible to the growth of revolutionary movements as well as those that are vulnerable to the seizure of state power by revolutionary aggressors. Skocpol argues...... half of the paper ...... impartial in nature, Skocpol could skillfully elevate Sewell's ideology to a position of substantially greater importance within the case study. Perhaps the greatest contribution of Skocpol and his methodology is the willingness to consider all possibilities of the sources of a revolution without giving too much weight to one factor at the outset or relegating others as not attributable to the genesis of the revolution or its course. This approach therefore can help other researchers and serve as a flexible approach (and way of thinking) for further historical and comparative analyzes of social revolutions. Works Cited Skocpol, Theda. Social revolutions in the modern world. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.“Theda Skocpol | Harvard University – Department of Government.” Accessed December 7, 2013. http://www.gov.harvard.edu/people/faculty/theda-skocpol.