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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.

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Autor principal: Press, Robert M. (Autor)
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]
Col·lecció:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Matèries:
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.
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Taula de continguts:
  • 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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