Nonviolent struggle : theories, strategies, and dynamics /

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Author / Creator:Nepstad, Sharon Erickson.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Description:xvii, 242 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10534314
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ISBN:9780199975990
019997599X
9780199976041
019997604X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • 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.