Breaking laws : violence and civil disobedience in protest / / Isabelle Sommier, Graeme Hayes, and Sylvie Ollitrault [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Sommier Isabelle
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 322.4/2
• Soggetto topico: Political violence; Civil disobedience; Terrorism
• Soggetto non controllato: Contentious politics, violence, extreme left, 1968 years, non-violence, Direct action, Citizenship, Action Repertoires, Civil disobedience
• Altri autori: SommierIsabelle HayesGraeme <1967->
• Persona (resp. second.): HayesGraeme <1967->; OllitraultSylvie
• Note generali: Translations of: La violence révolutionnaire / Isabelle Sommier, 2008 ; and, La désobéissance civile. 2e édition, 2013 / Graeme Hayes & Sylvie Ollitrault.; Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations, Organizations, and Parties -- Introduction to Breaking Laws -- Part 1. Revolutionary Violence Experiences of Armed Struggle in France, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United States -- Part 2. Civil Disobedience -- Biographical Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Breaking Laws: Violence and Civil Disobedience in Protest questions the complex relationship between social movements and violence through two contrasted lenses; first through the short-lived radical left wing post '68 revolutionary violence, and secondly in the present diffusion of civil disobedience actions, often at the border between non-violence and violence. This book shows how and why violence occurs or does not, and what different meanings it can take. The short-lived extreme left revolutionary groups that grew out of May '68 and the opposition to the Vietnam War (such as the German Red Army Faction, the Italian Red Brigades, and the Japanese Red Army) are without any doubt on the violent side. More ambiguous are the burgeoning contemporary forms of "civil" disobedience, breaking the law with the aim of changing it. In theory, these efforts are associated with non-violence and self-restraint. In practice, the line is more difficult to trace, as much depends on how political players define and frame non-violence and political legitimacy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Breaking laws
• ISBN: 90-485-2827-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827232203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Protest and social movements.