Revolutionary Government System

A Revolutionary Government System is a transitional political system that exercises sovereign power during revolutionary transformation between old regimes and new orders.

• AKA: Revolutionary Government, Provisional Revolutionary Authority, Transitional Revolutionary System, Revolutionary Regime, Emergency Revolutionary Government.
• Context:
  • It can typically claim revolutionary legitimacy based on popular uprising rather than legal continuity.
  • It can typically exercise extraordinary powers justified by revolutionary necessity and emergency circumstances.
  • It can typically suspend normal legal procedures while establishing new institutions.
  • It can often face counter-revolutionary threats from old regime supporters and foreign intervention.
  • It can often struggle between radical factions and moderate factions over revolutionary direction.
  • It can often create revolutionary justice systems including special tribunals and purge mechanisms.
  • It can range from being a Democratic Revolutionary Government System to being a Dictatorial Revolutionary Government System, depending on its power structure.
  • It can range from being a Short-Term Revolutionary Government System to being a Long-Term Revolutionary Government System, depending on its duration.
  • It can range from being a Moderate Revolutionary Government System to being a Radical Revolutionary Government System, depending on its transformation scope.
  • It can range from being a Civilian Revolutionary Government System to being a Military Revolutionary Government System, depending on its leadership composition.
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• Examples:
  • Classical Revolutionary Governments, such as:
    • French Revolutionary Government (1792-1795) including Committee of Public Safety.
    • Russian Provisional Government (1917) between Tsarism and Bolshevism.
    • Chinese Revolutionary Government (1911-1912) ending imperial rule.
  • Anti-Colonial Revolutionary Governments, such as:
    • Algerian Provisional Government (1958-1962) during independence war.
    • Vietnamese Revolutionary Government (1945-1976) through liberation struggle.
    • Cuban Revolutionary Government (1959-1976) consolidating socialist transformation.
  • Contemporary Revolutionary Governments, such as:
    • Iranian Revolutionary Government (1979-1980) establishing Islamic Republic.
    • Nicaraguan Revolutionary Government (1979-1984) after Sandinista victory.
    • Egyptian Revolutionary Government (2011-2012) following Arab Spring.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Constitutional Government, which operates within established legal framework.
  • Military Coup Government, which seizes power without mass mobilization.
  • Reform Government, which changes system through legal mechanisms.
• See: Political System, Revolutionary Process, Transitional Authority, Provisional Government, Emergency Powers, Revolutionary Legitimacy, Constituent Power, Dual Power, Revolutionary Terror, Thermidor Reaction.

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