Describe Harvard scholar, sociologist Theda Skocpol's recent theory on revolution

A) Revolutions nearly always fail because states, even those that are poorly managed, simply have too much power at their disposal. B) Revolutions primarily bubble up from below, but are usually aided by an explicitly incompetent state leader.
C) Governments caught in situations they are able to manage become distracted nevertheless, which leads to revolutions, rather than such rebellions simply bubbling up from below.
D) Governments caught in situations they cannot manage lead to revolutions, rather than such rebellions simply bubbling up from below.


Answer: D

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