id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3274 Revolution - Wikipedia .html text/html 4476 681 52 In political science, a revolution (Latin: revolutio, "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due to perceived oppression (political, social, economic) or political incompetence.[1] In book V of the Politics, the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BC) described two types of political revolution: Early studies of revolutions primarily analyzed events in European history from a psychological perspective, but more modern examinations include global events and incorporate perspectives from several social sciences, including sociology and political science. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3274.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3274.txt