Civil resistance today / / Kurt Schock
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| Autore: |
Schock Kurt <1963->
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| Titolo: |
Civil resistance today / / Kurt Schock
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (447 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 303.6/1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Civil disobedience |
| Nonviolence | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Dedication; Title page; Copyright page; Tables and Figures; Tables; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1: Conceptualization and Debates; What is Civil Resistance?; Situating the Study of Civil Resistance; Questions and Debates; Conclusion; Notes; 2: Civil Resistance in Theory and Practice; Civil Resistance in Practice; Civil Resistance in Theory; Conclusion; Notes; 3: Proliferation and Expanding Forms of Civil Resistance; Struggles to Expand Democracy and Justice in the Developed World; Struggles for Democracy; Struggles for National Liberation or Autonomy; Struggles Against Inequality |
| ConclusionNotes; 4: How Resistance Happens; Why Does Resistance Occur?; What Forms Does Resistance Take?; Conclusion; Notes; 5: The State and Civil Resisters; Responses by Authorities; The Repression-Mobilization Nexus; Strategic Responses to Repression; Conclusion; Notes; 6: Transnational Relations and Intervention; Transnational Activists; Transnational Organizations; Transnational Campaigns; Transnational Dynamics; Conclusion; Notes; 7: Processes, Dynamics, and Outcomes; Campaign Outcomes; Mechanisms of Change; Dynamics of Civil Resistance; Context and Strategy; Conclusion; Notes | |
| 8: ConclusionWhat Is Known?; Questions and Debates; Challenges and Future Research; Conclusion; Note; References; Index; End User License Agreement | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | From Gandhi's salt march to the US civil rights movement and Occupy Wall Street, nonviolent campaigns to promote democracy, human rights and social justice have long played an important transformative role in local, national and global politics. Some have succeeded, some have failed; but nonviolent action remains a very effective means of achieving significant social and political change. In this authoritative book Kurt Schock expertly guides readers through the changing terrain of nonviolent struggle, exploring the historical roots and development of modern civil resistance and its prolife |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Civil resistance today |
| ISBN: | 0-7456-8270-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910157429003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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