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Civil Resistance : Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2015

Online-Ressource (359 p)

Englisch

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

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

OP; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

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Print version: Civil Resistance : Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle

978-0-8166-9492-1

978-0-8166-9492-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

978-1-4529-4512-5 ( : 95.45 (NL))

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HM1281 .C58 2015

303.6/1     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Electronic books ; Nonviolence ; Pacifism ; Passive resistance

Nonviolence ; Pacifism ; Passive resistance ; Electronic books

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