social upheaval

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concept

Social upheaval is a period of intense, widespread disruption and transformation in a society’s norms, institutions, and power structures, often driven by economic, political, or cultural conflicts.

All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
popular uprising 25
social conflict 9
social upheaval canonical 5

Instances (56)

Instance Via concept surface
Bulldozer Revolution popular uprising
assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (aftermath) social aftermath
Four Days of Naples popular uprising
Yorkshire tax rebellion of 1489 popular uprising
Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 popular uprising
Comunero Revolt in New Granada popular uprising
January 25 Uprising popular uprising
Women’s October March popular uprising
Pilgrimage of Grace popular uprising
Mfecane
Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) period of political upheaval
Regulator Movement popular uprising
Assam Movement mass agitation
Five Days of Milan popular uprising
Cochabamba Water War social conflict
Arab Winter aftermath of the Arab Spring
1977 New York City blackout-related unrest civil disorder
1988 nationwide pro-democracy uprising in Burma mass uprising
1974 Ethiopian Revolution popular uprising
Long Hot Summer of 1967 period of civil unrest
EDSA II popular uprising
Revolution of 1848 in France popular uprising
Lincolnshire Rising popular uprising
Highland Clearances
Peaceful Revolution popular uprising
Lyon workers’ uprisings social conflict
Bolivian Gas War protests of 2003 social conflict
Nazar Chisty
surface form: Salt Riot
episode of social unrest
Solyanoy bunt popular uprising
Canton Uprising urban revolt
Conscription Crisis of 1917 social conflict
July Days political unrest
Watts riots urban unrest
Cabanagem revolt popular uprising
Balaiada revolt popular uprising
米騒動 暴動
Difaqane
Lifaqane
Bread Intifada popular uprising
Biennio Rosso social conflict
TIPNIS highway controversy social conflict
Mutiny of Aranjuez popular uprising
December 2001 riots in Argentina social unrest
Conflict of the Orders social conflict
first secession of the plebs
surface form: First Secession of the Plebs
social conflict
Chinese Revolution
Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević popular uprising
Italian bread riots of 1898 popular uprising
1967 Plainfield riots urban unrest
1992 Los Angeles riots urban unrest