Overview

An international and interdisciplinary group of scholars takes stock of the current state of the theoretical and empirical literature on civil resistance. Contributors analyze key processes of nonviolent struggle and identify both frictions and points of synthesis between the narrower literature on civil resistance and the broader literature on social movements and revolution. By doing so, Civil Resistance: Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle pushes the boundaries of the study of civil resistance and generates social scientific knowledge that will be helpful for all scholars and activists concerned with democracy, human rights, and social justice.

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Author:   Kurt Schock ,  Kurt Schock (Rutgers University)
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Volume:   43
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780816694921

ISBN 10:   0816694923
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   15 August 2015
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Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction. Civil Resistance in Comparative Perspective Kurt Schock Part I. Dynamics of Civil Resistance 1. “We Do Not Work for Peace”: Reframing Nonviolence in Post-Oslo Palestine Julie M. Norman 2. Nonviolent Action as the Interplay between Political Context and “Insider’s Knowledge”: Otpor in Serbia Janjira Sombatpoonsiri 3. Youth Mobilization before and during the Orange Revolution: Learning from Losses Olena Nikolayenko 4. How Regimes Counter Civil Resistance Movements: The Cases of Panama and Kenya Sharon Erickson Nepstad 5. From Political Jiu-jitsu to the Backfire Dynamic: How Repression Can Promote Mobilization Brian Martin 6. Sources, Functions, and Dilemmas of External Assistance to Civil Resistance Movements Véronique Dudouet Part II. Frontiers of Civil Resistance 7. Defending Freedom with Civil Resistance in the Early Roman Republic Dustin Ells Howes 8. Making Sense of Civil Resistance: From Theories and Techniques to Social Movement Phronesis Sean Chabot 9. Four Dimensions of Nonviolent Action: A Sociological Perspective Stellan Vinthagen 10. Overcoming Illusory Division: Between Nonviolence as a Pragmatic Strategy and a Principled Way of Life Chaiwat Satha-Anand 11. Civil Resistance in the Twenty-First Century Kurt Schock Acknowledgments Contributors Index

Reviews

A major contribution to our understanding of nonviolent social change. --Mobilization

"""A major contribution to our understanding of nonviolent social change.""—Mobilization ""Kurt Schock’s edited volume provides an excellent overview of some of the latest research findings and theoretical developments of the rapidly growing subfield of strategic nonviolent action. Civil Resistance reminds us why the study of civil resistance has become mainstream in political science and related fields.""—Perspectives on Politics"

Author Information

Kurt Schock is associate professor of sociology and global affairs at Rutgers University. Contributors: Sean Chabot, Eastern Washington U; Veronique Dudouet, Berghof Foundation, Germany; Dustin Ells Howes, Louisiana State U; Brian Martin, U of Wollongong, Australia; Sharon Erickson Nepstad, U of New Mexico; Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham U; Julie M. Norman, Queen's U, Belfast; Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Thammasat U, Thailand; Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Thammasat U, Thailand; Stellan Vinthagen, U West and U ofGteborg, Sweden

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