The lessons of nonviolence : theory and practice in a world of conflict /

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Author / Creator:Hastings, Tom H.
Imprint:Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2006.
Description:viii, 219 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6201843
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ISBN:0786427736 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786427734
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Beginning back in the waning days of the Civil Rights movement, through the objection to the war in Vietnam, and on to the current global peace movement, this is a personal and professional account offered for the reader curious about whether and how nonviolence works"--Provided by publisher.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms, Initialisms, Abbreviations
  • Part 1. Introduction; or, The Value of Stories
  • 1. Stories and Conflict Management
  • 2. Master Narrative Versus Justice in the Margins
  • 3. Theories of Nonviolent Power
  • Part 2. Civil Rights and Sequelae; or, An Expanded Movement
  • 4. Expanding the Movement
  • 5. Nonviolence and Long Term Success
  • 6. Treaty Rights
  • Part 3. Gandhian Nonviolence; or, Industrialized War Meets Mass Liberatory Nonviolence
  • 7. Blood, Oil and Nonviolence
  • 8. Philippines, Timing and Training
  • 9. Modern Buddhism and Gandhian Nonviolence
  • Part 4. Radical Disarmament; or, Plowshares-Style
  • 10. The Nonviolence Just Conflict Doctrine
  • 11. When Officials Fail Long Enough
  • 12. Peace Journalism Prepares Society
  • Part 5. Eroding the War Machine; or, Boycotting War
  • 13. Who Will Pay to Kill Kids?
  • 14. Sanctions, Boycotts and Results
  • 15. Not My Body
  • Part 6. War Poverty and Peace Prosperity; or, Living Large or Living in the Little Way
  • 16. Potpourri or Popery? Catholic Worker Movement
  • 17. Divide and Rule: War on the Poor
  • 18. Buddhist Lifeways and Economies
  • Part 7. Movement-Building; or, The Portland Story
  • 19. Arts and Crafts of Organizing
  • 20. A Permanent Movement
  • 21. Lessons Learned
  • Part 8. Teaching, Learning and Conclusions; or, Reflection Breeds Better Action
  • 22. Gandhi Was Right: Experiments in Truth
  • 23. Challenges to Nonviolence
  • 24. Hope in the End
  • Index