| Descript |
xxi, 407p. : ill, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
Introduction. -- People power and protest: the literature on civil resistance in historical context. -- Gandhi and civil resistance in India, 1917-47: key issues. -- The US civil rights movement: power from below and above, 1945-70. -- The interplay of non-violent and violent action in Northern Ireland, 1967-72. -- The dialectics of empire: Soviet leaders and the challenge of civil resistance in East-Central Europe, 1968-91. -- Civil resistance in Czechoslovakia: from Soviet invasion to 'Velvet revolution', 1968-89. -- Towards 'Self-limiting revolution': Poland, 1970-89. -- Portugal: 'The revolution of the carnations', 1974-75. -- Mass protests in thee Iranian revolution, 1977-79. -- 'People power' in the Philippines, 1983-86. -- Political mass mobilization against authoritarian rule: Pinochet's Chile, 1983-88. -- The interplay of non-violent and violent action in the movement against apartheid in South Africa, 1983-94. -- The intersection of ethnic nationalism and people power tactics in the Baltic States, 1987-91. -- The 1989 demonstrations in Tianamen Square and beyond: echoes of Gandhi. -- Civil resistance and civil society: lessons from the collapse of the German Democratic Republic in 1989. -- The limits of prudence: civil resistance in Kosovo, 1990-98. -- Civil society versus Slobodan Milosevic: Serbia, 1991-2000. -- Georgia's 'Rose revolution' of 2003: enforcing peaceful change. -- Ukraine's 'Orange revolution' of 2004: the paradoxes of negotiation. -- The moment of the monks: Burma, 2007. -- A century of civil resistance: some lessons and questions. |
| Subject |
Nonviolence -- Case studies
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Civil disobedience -- Case studies
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Government, Resistance to -- Case studies
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| Alt Author |
Ash, Timothy Garton
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Roberts, Adam
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| ISBN |
9780199552016 (hardback) |
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