Civil Resistance: Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle: Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle Volume 43 (Social Movements, Protest and Contention, Band 43) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0816694923 ISBN 13: 9780816694921

Verlag: University of Minnesota Press, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

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 on nonviolent resistance. Until now, however, the two bodies of literature have largely developed in parallel—with relatively little acknowledgment of the existence of the other.

In this useful collection, an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars takes stock of the current state of the theoretical and empirical literature on civil resistance. Contributors analyze key processes of nonviolent struggle and identify both frictions and points of synthesis between the narrower literature on civil resistance and the broader literature on social movements and revolution. By doing so, Civil Resistance: Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle pushes the boundaries of the study of civil resistance and generates social scientific knowledge that will be helpful for all scholars and activists concerned with democracy, human rights, and social justice.

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Kurt Schock is associate professor of sociology and global affairs at Rutgers University.

Contributors: Sean Chabot, Eastern Washington U; Véronique Dudouet, Berghof Foundation, Germany; Dustin Ells Howes, Louisiana State U; Brian Martin, U of Wollongong, Australia; Sharon Erickson Nepstad, U of New Mexico; Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham U; Julie M. Norman, Queen's U, Belfast; Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Thammasat U, Thailand; Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Thammasat U, Thailand; Stellan Vinthagen, U West and U of Göteborg, Sweden

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0816694923
• ISBN 13: 9780816694921
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 350
• Herausgeber: Schock Kurt
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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