Nonviolent conflict and civil resistance [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Lester R. Kurtz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462502203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bingley, : Emerald Group Publishing, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-63496-1; 1-78190-346-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Collana: Research in social movements, conflicts and change ; ; 34
• Altri autori (Persone): NepstadSharon Erickson; KurtzLester R
• Disciplina: 322.4
• Soggetti: Nonviolence; Civil disobedience; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; NONVIOLENT CONFLICT AND CIVIL RESISTANCE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; WHAT NONVIOLENT CIVIL RESISTANCE IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NONVIOLENCE STUDIES; NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND DIRECTIONS IN NONVIOLENCE RESEARCH; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; PART I: STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NONVIOLENT MOVEMENTS AND THE STATE; THE PARADOX OF REFORM: THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND; INTRODUCTION: BEYOND BACKFIRE; METHOD; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX: GLOSSARY OF FREQUENTLY USED TERMSTACTICAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN YOUTH MOVEMENTS AND INCUMBENT GOVERNMENTS IN POSTCOMMUNIST STATES; THE STUDY OF STRATEGY; THE EMERGENCE OF HYBRID REGIMES IN THE POSTCOMMUNIST REGION; DATA SOURCES; YOUTH MOBILIZATION; TACTICAL INTERACTIONS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; ''THOU SHALL NOT PROTEST!'': MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL POLITICS, STRATEGIC NONCONFRONTATION AND ISLAMIC MOBILIZATIONS IN TURKEY; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; LITERATURE; DATA AND METHOD; ; FROM ''INCIDENT'' TO ''AFFAIR'': THE CRISIS IN THE PARLIAMENT; DISCUSSION: ANALYZING STRATEGIC NONCONFRONTATIONCONCLUSION; NOTE; REFERENCES; PART II: NONVIOLENT CHALLENGES AND REGIME DILEMMAS; INSIDE THE IRON CAGE OF LIBERALISM: INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS AND NONVIOLENT SUCCESS IN THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES: A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP; IRAN, THE UNITED STATES, AND HUMAN RIGHTS; IRAN'S NONVIOLENT REVOLUTION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; BEYOND RATIONAL CHOICE: IDEATIONAL ASSAULT AND THE STRATEGIC USE OF FRAMES IN NONVIOLENT CIVIL RESISTANCE; INTRODUCTION; THE UTILITY-MAXIMIZING AGENT; A SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL OF AGENTSCONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; PART III: GLOBAL DIFFUSION OF NONVIOLENCE; ''MOVEMENT SCHOOLS'' AND DIALOGICAL DIFFUSION OF NONVIOLENT PRAXIS: NASHVILLE WORKSHOPS IN THE SOUTHERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT; SOCIAL MOVEMENT DIFFUSION THEORY AND RESEARCH; MOVEMENT SCHOOLS AND DIFFUSION THEORY; DATA AND METHODS; HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION: SCHOOLS OF EARLY INTELLECTUAL FERMENT; BIOGRAPHICAL CONVERGENCE IN NASHVILLE; NASHVILLE WORKSHOPS AS AN UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT SCHOOL; MOVING THE MOVEMENT BEYOND NASHVILLE; CONCLUSION; NOTESREFERENCES; WHEN YOUR GANDHI IS NOT MY GANDHI: MEMORY TEMPLATES AND LIMITED VIOLENCE IN THE PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT; THEORETICAL CONTEXT; METHOD; THE GANDHI TEMPLATE AS REFERENCED BY ACTIVISTS; THE KING TEMPLATE AS REFERENCED BY ACTIVISTS; THE KING TEMPLATE CLARIFIED; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; ORGANIZING GLOBAL NONVIOLENCE: THE GROWTH AND SPREAD OF NONVIOLENT INGOS, 1948-2003; GLOBAL NONVIOLENCE ORGANIZATIONS; THE ECOLOGY OF GLOBAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS; PREDICTIONS FOR THE GROWTH OF NONVIOLENT INGOS; DATA TRENDS AND ANALYSIS; REGRESSION RESULTS; DISCUSSION; NOTES
• Sommario/riassunto: This special issue of Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change analyzes examples of nonviolent resistance from across the globe. It covers how regime changes, political movements and nonviolent unrest develop and then shape the political decisions of both civil society and the state. Section one is focused on the strategic interactions between nonviolent movements and the state. This includes discussions on the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, youth movements in Post-Communist states and nonviolent Islamic movements in Turkey. The second and third sections examine regime co