While he cannot prevent a grand coalition, one including both major parties, from forming, Mr. Grillo could complicate matters by stirring renewed anger against the old political establishment, which is in upheaval.
Lewis wanted to invoke a material adverse change clause to walk away from the deal, but the government urged completing the transaction to prevent further upheaval in the markets.
While US technical assistance undoubtedly sought to prevent political upheaval in the Third World, we argue that Rockefeller-led modernisation projects, based on insights gleaned from behavioural economics, championed a model of human capital – and the idea of 'revolution within' – in order to contain the threat of 'revolution without'.
Having a democratic tradition spanning 32 years, Mali would not appear to be the most obvious contender for non-democratic change, but the rapid collapse of the government indicates that simply paying lip service to democracy will not prevent political upheaval.
Mr. Bell's main theme is the "interest convergence" theory he advanced 24 years ago -- that white leaders grant concessions to black people only to prevent upheaval or otherwise serve their own interests.
Talk grew among senators and aides that Senator Malcolm A. Smith, the Democrats' leader, would be ousted by colleagues who were angry that he did not prevent the leadership upheaval or see the insurrection coming.
They prevent major upheavals and actually make for stability and peace in the long run.
And as members of Congress and President-elect Barack Obama have called for new regulations to prevent future upheavals, Mr. Schumer has endorsed the need for reforms while still trying to make them palatable for Wall Street.
And most importantly we knew that the key to preventing economic upheaval was to limit the wealth of the super-rich and to increase the wealth of working people through progressive taxes, Social Security, wage and hour laws, and the promotion of unionization.
In a chapter on re-imagining Britain's approach to the environment, I argue in the book that from government to anti-austerity groups in opposition, there is a kind of denial about the full economic implications of preventing irreversible climatic upheaval.
