ISBN:
0816641935
,
0816641927
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxvi, 228 p)
,
ill
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Social movements, protest, and contention v. 22
Parallel Title:
Print version Unarmed Insurrections : People Power Movements in Nondemocracies
DDC:
303.61
Keywords:
Nonviolence
;
Social movements
;
Nonviolence
;
Social movements
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Kurt Schock compares, along with other examples, the successes of anti-apartheid in South Africa and the people power movement in the Philippines with the failures of the pro-democracy movement in China and the anti-regime challenge in Burma. Unarmed Insurrections looks at how these methods promoted change in some countries but not in others, and provides insight into the power of nonviolent action.Winner of the American Political Science Association's Comparative Democratization Section's Best Book Award
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. From ""People's War"" to ""People Power""?; 2. Political Process and Nonviolent Action Approaches to Political Contention; 3. People Power Unleashed: South Africa and the Philippines; 4. People Power Suppressed: Burma and China; 5. Challenging Monarchies and Militaries: People Power in Nepal and Thailand; 6. Trajectories of Unarmed Insurrections; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-210) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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