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
Autor principal: Press, Robert M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Gewaltloser Widerstand
Protestbewegung
Soziale Bewegung
Social movements.
Protest movements.
Nonviolence.
Government, Resistance to.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Society and culture: general.
Social issues and processes.
Social interaction.
Non-violence > Afrique > Études de cas.
Contestation > Afrique > Études de cas.
Mouvements sociaux > Afrique > Études de cas.
Resistance au gouvernement > Afrique > Études de cas.
Nonviolence > Africa > Case studies.
Protest movements > Africa > Case studies.
Social movements > Africa > Case studies.
Government, Resistance to > Africa > Case studies.
Kenia
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Africa.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
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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