Ripples of hope : how ordinary people resist repression without violence / Robert M. Press. [electronic resource]
Material type: TextSeries: Protest and social movements ; 4.Publication details: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (327 pages)Content type:- text
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- online resource
- 9789048525157
- 9048525152
- JC571-628
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Online Book | G. Allen Fleece Library Online | Non-fiction | JC571-628 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Available | ocn932497014 |
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Resisting repression without violence -- Sierra Leone -- Students shake the pillars of power -- Radical activism : from seeking regime reform to regime change -- 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.
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.
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