Nonviolent Conflict and Civil Resistance: 34 (Research in by Sharon Erickson Nepstad,Sharon Erickson Nepstead,Lester R.

By Sharon Erickson Nepstad,Sharon Erickson Nepstead,Lester R. Kurtz

This quantity of analysis in Social routine, Conflicts and alter analyzes examples of nonviolent resistance from around the globe. It covers how regime adjustments, political events and nonviolent unrest improve after which form the political judgements of either civil society and the country. part one is concentrated at the strategic interactions among nonviolent routine and the kingdom. This contains discussions at the civil rights flow in Northern eire, adolescence pursuits in Post-Communist states and nonviolent Islamic activities in Turkey. the second one and 3rd sections research regime conflicts and the worldwide diffusion of nonviolent events. the following chapters heart at the Iranian Revolution, social mental techniques to nonviolent civil resistance, the Palestinian human rights pursuits, the efforts of nonviolent INGOs and the Nashville civil rights move. This quantity introduces new analytical recommendations and theoretical frameworks for figuring out nonviolent resistance, merging social circulation scholarship with nonviolent reports in clean and interesting ways.

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