ISBN:
9789048525157
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9048525152
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9789089647481
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9089647481
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (327 pages)
Series Statement:
Protest and social movements 4
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Press, Robert M Ripples of hope
DDC:
303.484
Keywords:
Government, Resistance to Case studies
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Social movements Case studies
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Protest movements Case studies
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Nonviolence Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Civil Rights
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Human Rights
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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Social interaction
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Social issues and processes
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Society and culture: general
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Society and social sciences Society and social sciences
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Government, Resistance to
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Nonviolence
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Protest movements
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Social movements
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Soziale Bewegung
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Protestbewegung
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Gewaltloser Widerstand
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Africa
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Sierra Leone
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Liberia
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Kenia
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Case studies
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Electronic book
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Fallstudiensammlung
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Fallstudiensammlung
Abstract:
Based on case studies in three African countries and new social movement theory, examines individual and group protests stood up to violence and oppression through mainly nonviolent means
Abstract:
Introduction -- Resisting repression without violence -- Sierra Leone -- Students shake the pillars of power -- Radical activism : from seeking regime reform to regime change -- Women help restore democracy -- Mass noncooperation helps defeat a violent junta -- Liberia -- Nonviolent resistance in abeyance -- Peaceful resistance during a civil war -- Kenya -- Individual resistance against repression -- Establishing a culture of resistance -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Methodology -- Interviews -- Comparative levels of repression -- Chronologies -- Abbreviations and significant terms.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index
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English
