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Civil Resistance

Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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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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Utgivningsdatum2015-08-15
Mått149 x 229 x 38 mm
Vikt486 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSocial Movements, Protest and Contention
Antal sidor344
FörlagUniversity of Minnesota Press
ISBN9780816694921

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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

ContentsIntroduction. Civil Resistance in Comparative PerspectiveKurt SchockPart I. Dynamics of Civil Resistance1. “We Do Not Work for Peace”: Reframing Nonviolence in Post-Oslo PalestineJulie M. Norman2. Nonviolent Action as the Interplay between Political Context and “Insider’s Knowledge”: Otpor in SerbiaJanjira Sombatpoonsiri3. Youth Mobilization before and during the Orange Revolution: Learning from LossesOlena Nikolayenko4. How Regimes Counter Civil Resistance Movements: The Cases of Panama and KenyaSharon Erickson Nepstad5. From Political Jiu-jitsu to the Backfire Dynamic: How Repression Can Promote MobilizationBrian Martin6. Sources, Functions, and Dilemmas of External Assistance to Civil Resistance MovementsVÉronique DudouetPart II. Frontiers of Civil Resistance7. Defending Freedom with Civil Resistance in the Early Roman RepublicDustin Ells Howes8. Making Sense of Civil Resistance: From Theories and Techniques to Social Movement PhronesisSean Chabot9. Four Dimensions of Nonviolent Action: A Sociological PerspectiveStellan Vinthagen10. Overcoming Illusory Division: Between Nonviolence as a Pragmatic Strategy and a Principled Way of LifeChaiwat Satha-Anand11. Civil Resistance in the Twenty-First CenturyKurt SchockAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

"A major contribution to our understanding of nonviolent social change."-Mobilization"Kurt Schock’s edited volume provides an excellent overview of some of the latest research findings and theoretical developments of the rapidly growing subfield of strategic nonviolent action. Civil Resistance reminds us why the study of civil resistance has become mainstream in political science and related fields."-Perspectives on Politics