Title:
Nonviolent struggle : theories, strategies, and dynamics / Sharon Erickson Nepstad.
Author:
Nepstad, Sharon Erickson.
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Call Number:
HM1281 .N467 2015
Abstract:
"From Gandhi's movement to win Indian independence to the Arab Spring uprising of 2011, an expanding number of citizens have used nonviolent action to achieve political goals. While such events have captured the public imagination, they have also generated a surge of scholarly interest in the field of nonviolence and civil resistance. In Nonviolent Struggle, Sharon Erickson Nepstad provides a comprehensive introduction to the field, detailing its genesis, key concepts and debates, and a summary of empirical findings. Nepstad depicts the strategies and dynamics at play in nonviolent struggles and analyzes the factors that shape the trajectory and outcome of civil resistance movements. She also describes both principled and pragmatic nonviolent traditions and explains various categories of nonviolent action. The book draws on a wide range of historical examples, including the U.S. civil rights movement, the Indonesian uprising against President Suharto, the French Huguenot resistance during world War II, and Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers."--Back cover.
ISBN:
9780199975990
9780199976041
Physical Description:
xvii, 242 pages ; 25 cm
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Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- What nonviolence is and what it is not -- Religious and ethical positions on violence and nonviolence -- The strategy of nonviolent resistance -- Types of nonviolent action -- Dynamics of nonviolent struggles -- Outcomes and consequences of nonviolent struggles -- Armed forces, defections, and nonviolent change -- The global diffusion of nonviolence -- Future directions in civil resistance research -- Glossary of terms -- Appendix: discussion questions -- References -- Endnotes.
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