On some features of Theda Skocpol's theory of revolution

The article analyzes some features of Theda Skocpol's theory of revolution based on her main work «States and Social Revolutions». The time of creation of the work «States and Social Revolutions» is analyzed for similar studies of other Western authors of the same era. The main theses about revolutions according to T. Skocpol are considered. The features and shortcomings of T. Skocpol's provisions are identified from the point of view of the Marxist approach to understanding revolutions. The article is addressed not only to specialists in the theory of revolutions, but also to a wide range of researchers interested in the evolution of sociological thought in the second half of the 20th century.