02854nam 2200625 a 450 991078614850332120230126210130.01-299-10556-40-7486-3379-010.1515/9780748633791(CKB)2670000000331175(EBL)1126566(OCoLC)828793232(SSID)ssj0000833777(PQKBManifestationID)12335923(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833777(PQKBWorkID)10937303(PQKB)10812239(MiAaPQ)EBC1126566(DE-B1597)614708(DE-B1597)9780748633791(OCoLC)1302163778(EXLCZ)99267000000033117520130222d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNonviolence in political theory[electronic resource] /Iain AtackEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20121 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-3871-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Theory and Practice of Nonviolent Political Action -- Political Theory, Violence and the State -- Nonviolence, the State and Civil Resistance -- Nonviolence and Political Power -- Structure, Agency and Nonviolent Political Action -- Pacifism and Nonviolence.Examines the relevance of nonviolent tactics to current debates about political action and political thought. Nonviolent political action has played a significant role in achieving social and political change in the last century. Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King were prominent proponents of nonviolence. Nonviolent political action or civil resistance has also been central to toppling communist regimes in Eastern Europe and to pro-democracy popular movements in Serbia, Georgia and the Ukraine. By scrutinizing the theories behind nonviolence, such as the role of the state, the rule of law and the nature of social and political power, Atack establishes nonviolence as a credible theme within Western political thought -- Publisher's description.NonviolencePolitical aspectsGovernment, Resistance toPacifismPolitical aspectsPower (Social sciences)NonviolencePolitical aspects.Government, Resistance to.PacifismPolitical aspects.Power (Social sciences)303.6/1303.61Atack Iain1492759MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786148503321Nonviolence in political theory3715416UNINA