TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Prison Riots as Microrevolutions: An Extension of State-Centered Theories of Revolution
JO  - American journal of sociology
A1  - Goldstone, Jack A.
A1  - Useem, Bert
SP  - 985
EP  - 1029
VL  - 104
IS  - 4
N2  - Prisons have long been used as a testing ground for social theory. This article explores the applicability of state-centered theories of revolution to the phenomena of prison riots. Prison riots are found to have numerous features in common with revolutions, including prior administrative crises, elite (guard) alienation and divisions, and a widespread popular (prisoner) sense of injustice and grievances regarding (prison) administration actions (not just toward imprisonment per se). The state-centered theory provides a better "fit" to prison riots than current functionalist, rising expectation, or management theories.<p />
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SN  - 0002-9602
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/210134
ID  - ref1
ER  -