ABSTRACT
In the last three chapters we tried to explain the causes of the revolution. We now go on to study the course of the revolution after the fall of the old regime, in terms of the proliferation of power centres and attempts by various classes and parties at achieving hegemony in the post-revolutionary state. We will discuss the rule of'the moderates' and the ascendancy of 'the extremists'. The class struggles after the revolution, we will argue, are important in understanding the evolution of the revolution. The revolution has led to a change in the social location of political power, by transferring power to another class. It has also created new power arrangements and has led to the emergence of an ideology imbued with populist overtones.
