Ripples of hope : how ordinary people resist repression without violence /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Press, Robert M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]
Colección:Protest and social movements ; 4.
Temas:
Government, Resistance to > Africa > Case studies.
Social movements > Africa > Case studies.
Protest movements > Africa > Case studies.
Nonviolence > Africa > Case studies.
Résistance au gouvernement > Afrique > Études de cas.
Mouvements sociaux > Afrique > Études de cas.
Contestation > Afrique > Études de cas.
Non-violence > Afrique > Études de cas.
Social interaction.
Social issues and processes.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Government, Resistance to.
Nonviolence.
Protest movements.
Social movements.
Soziale Bewegung
Protestbewegung
Gewaltloser Widerstand
Africa.
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Kenia
Africa
Democracy
Freedom
Human rights
Nonviolent resistance
Opportunity
Politics
Social movements
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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