Ripples of Hope / Robert M. Press
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| Autore: |
Press Robert M.
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| Titolo: |
Ripples of Hope / Robert M. Press
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam University Press, 2015 |
| Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2015 | |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
| Disciplina: | 323 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nonviolence - Africa |
| Protest movements - Africa | |
| Social movements - Africa | |
| Government, Resistance to - Africa | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato: | opportunity |
| politics | |
| freedom | |
| africa | |
| nonviolent resistance | |
| social movements | |
| democracy | |
| human rights | |
| Freetown | |
| Kenya | |
| Liberia | |
| Military dictatorship | |
| Sierra Leone | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ripples of hope |
| ISBN: | 90-485-2515-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910137404103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Protest and social movements ; ; 4.