02880oam 22007094a 450 991013740410332120240430211319.01-003-70307-01-04-078240-X90-485-2515-210.1515/9789048525157(CKB)3710000000539494(EBL)4391597(OCoLC)932497014(DE-B1597)502625(DE-B1597)9789048525157(Au-PeEL)EBL4391597(CaPaEBR)ebr11153795(CaONFJC)MIL882492(OCoLC)1111845243(MdBmJHUP)muse76527(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32082(ScCtBLL)7c60a966-fb8d-4165-b5d8-85d8f28e0c6e(Perlego)1458873(oapen)doab32082(MiAaPQ)EBC4391597(EXLCZ)99371000000053949420150806d2015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRipples of HopeRobert M. Press1st ed.Amsterdam University Press2015Amsterdam :Amsterdam University Press,2015.©2015.1 online resource (327 pages) illustrations, 1 mapProtest and social movements ;490-8964-748-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index.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.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.Protest and social movements ;4.NonviolenceAfricaCase studiesProtest movementsAfricaCase studiesSocial movementsAfricaCase studiesGovernment, Resistance toAfricaCase studiesElectronic books. NonviolenceProtest movementsSocial movementsGovernment, Resistance to323Press Robert M.916893MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910137404103321Ripples of hope2055528UNINA