ISBN:
9780199552016
,
9780199691456 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
432 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780199691456
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
303.61
Keywords:
Geschichte 1917-2007
;
Gewaltloser Widerstand
;
Internationaler Vergleich
;
Politischer Wandel
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This widely-praised book identified peaceful struggle as a key phenomenon in international politics a year before the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt confirmed its central argument. Civil resistance - non-violent action against such challenges as dictatorial rule, racial discrimination and foreign military occupation - is a significant but inadequately understood feature of world politics. Especially through the peaceful revolutions of 1989, and the developments in the Arab worldsince December 2010, it has helped to shape the world we live in.Civil Resistance and Power Politics covers most of...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Online-Ausg.: