ISBN:
9780816694921
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (359 p)
Series Statement:
Social Movements, Protest and Contention v.43
Series Statement:
Social Movements, Protest and Contention Ser. v.43
Parallel Title:
Print version Civil Resistance : Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle
DDC:
303.6/1
Keywords:
Nonviolence
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Pacifism
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Passive resistance
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Nonviolence
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Pacifism
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Passive resistance
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In the past quarter century the world has witnessed dramatic social and political transformations, due in part to an upsurge in civil resistance. There have been significant uprisings around the globe, including the toppling of communist regimes in Eastern Europe, the Color Revolutions, the Arab Spring, protests against war and economic inequality, countless struggles against corruption, and demands for more equitable distribution of land. These actions have attracted substantial scholarly attention, reflected in the growth of literature on social movements and revolution as well as literature
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Introduction: Civil Resistance in Comparative Perspective; I. Dynamics of Civil Resistance; 1. "We Do Not Work for Peace": Reframing Nonviolence in Post- Oslo Palestine; 2. Nonviolent Action as the Interplay between Political Context and "Insider's Knowledge": Otpor in Serbia; 3. Youth Mobilization before and during the Orange Revolution: Learning from Losses; 4. How Regimes Counter Civil Resistance Movements: The Cases of Panama and Kenya; 5. From Political Jiu-jitsu to the Backfire Dynamic: How Repression Can Promote Mobilization
Description / Table of Contents:
6. Sources, Functions, and Dilemmas of External Assistance to Civil Resistance MovementsII. Frontiers of Civil Resistance; 7. Defending Freedom with Civil Resistance in the Early Roman Republic; 8. Making Sense of Civil Resistance: From Theories and Techniques to Social Movement Phronesis; 9. Four Dimensions of Nonviolent Action: A Sociological Perspective; 10. Overcoming Illusory Division: Between Nonviolence as a Pragmatic Strategy and a Principled Way of Life; 11. Civil Resistance in the Twenty- First Century; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N
Description / Table of Contents:
OP; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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