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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137404103321

Autore

Press Robert M.

Titolo

Ripples of Hope / Robert M. Press

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam University Press, 2015

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-003-70307-0

1-04-078240-X

90-485-2515-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations, 1 map

Collana

Protest and social movements ; ; 4

Disciplina

323

Soggetti

Nonviolence - Africa

Protest movements - Africa

Social movements - Africa

Government, Resistance to - Africa

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction ; Resisting repression without violence -- Sierra Leone. Students shake the pillars of power ; 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.