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Author Vinthagen, Stellan, author

Title A theory of nonviolent action : how civil resistance works / Stellan Vinthagen

Imprint London : Zed Books, [2015]
©2015
Descript viii, 400 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction: the practice of nonviolent action -- Nonviolent actions studies -- The concept of nonviolence -- The rationality of nonviolent action -- Nonviolent "dialogue facilitation" -- Nonviolent "power breaking" -- Nonviolent "utopian enactment" -- Nonviolent "normative regulation" -- A theory of nonviolent action -- Appendix: the philosophy of Gandhi
Note Includes bibliographic references (pages [369]-387) and index
Summary Stellan Vinthagen provides the first major systematic attempt to develop a theory of nonviolent action since Gene Sharp's seminal "The Politics of Nonviolent Action" in 1973. Employing a rich collection of historical and contemporary social movements as examples -- from the civil rights movement in America to anti-Apartheid protesters in South Africa to Gandhi and his followers in India -- and addressing core theoretical issues in an innovative, penetrating way, Vinthagen argues for a repertoire of nonviolence that combines resistance and construction." -- back cover
Subject Nonviolence
Civil disobedience
Passive resistance
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