I will divide my paper into two sections, how globalization affects the formation of a revolutionary situation and how it affects the outcome of a revolution. In each section I will examine relevant sections of some popular revolutionary theories that each individually hint at impacts of globalization. Then in each section I will be analyzing some examples of revolutions and popular uprisings and applying my contentions about globalization to them.

When I choose this topic the first affect of globalization that came to mind was that the people of developing nations must see through consumerism, television, and advertisements the culture of the developed nations. This could have the affect of heightening people's awareness of the fact that their current system does not provide them with the best benefits. This is very consistent with the theory of "progressive depravation" outlined by Ted Gurr that we discussed in class. The cultural glimpses can have a very powerful effect on the populace. An excellent example of this is the movie industry that spreads pictures of western culture to the entire world. A French film director described the situation perfectly, "Sound and pictures have always been used for propaganda, and the real battle at the moment is over who is going to be allowed to control the world's images, and so sell a certain lifestyle."[Barber, 1995:82]. It seems very plausible that members of developing nations would choose to strive for a life more like "It's a Wonderful Life" than the one that their government is currently offering. In my paper I hope to apply this cultural version of Gurr's theory to the student uprisings in China during 1989. These uprisings occurred after the Chinese government relaxed some

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