LEADER 02541oam 22006134a 450 001 996379046403316 005 20210915045012.0 010 $a90-485-2515-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9789048525157 035 $a(CKB)3710000000539494 035 $a(EBL)4391597 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4391597 035 $a(OCoLC)932497014 035 $a(DE-B1597)502625 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789048525157 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4391597 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11153795 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL882492 035 $a(OCoLC)1111845243 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse76527 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000539494 100 $a20150806d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRipples of Hope$fRobert M. Press 210 1$aAmsterdam :$cAmsterdam University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015. 215 $a1 online resource (327 pages) $cillustrations, 1 map 225 0 $aProtest and social movements ;$v4 311 0 $a90-8964-748-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index. 327 $aIntroduction ; 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. 330 $aBased on case studies in three African countries and new social movement theory, examines individual and group protests stood up to violence and oppression through mainly nonviolent means. 410 0$aProtest and social movements ;$v4. 606 $aNonviolence$zAfrica$vCase studies 606 $aProtest movements$zAfrica$vCase studies 606 $aSocial movements$zAfrica$vCase studies 606 $aGovernment, Resistance to$zAfrica$vCase studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNonviolence 615 0$aProtest movements 615 0$aSocial movements 615 0$aGovernment, Resistance to 676 $a323 700 $aPress$b Robert M.$0916893 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996379046403316 996 $aRipples of hope$92055528 997 $aUNISA