Nonviolent social movements : a geographical perspective

Kurtz, Lester R. (Added Author). Zunes, Stephen. (Added Author). Asher, Sarah Beth. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 1577180763 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1577180755 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xii, 330 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 1999.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Nonviolence and power in the twentieth century / Kenneth E. Boulding -- You can't kill the spirit : women and nonviolent action / Pam McAllister -- Unarmed resistance in the Middle East and North Africa / Stephen Zunes -- Nonviolent resistance in the occupied territories : a critical reevaluation / Souad Dajani -- The grassroots movement in Germany, 1972-1985 / Matthew Lyons -- "We have bare hands" : nonviolent social movements in the Soviet Bloc / Lee Smithey and Lester R. Kurtz -- The origins of people in power in the Philippines / Stephen Zumes -- Imagery in the 1992 nonviolent uprising in Thailand / Chaiwat Satha-Anand -- Violent and nonviolent struggle in Burma : is a unified strategy workable? / Michael A. Beer -- The Ogoni struggle for human rights and a civil society in Nigeria / Joshua Cooper -- The role of nonviolence in the downfall of Apartheid / Stephen Zunes -- Advocating nonviolent direct action in Latin America : the antecedents and emergence of SERPAJ / Ronald Pagnucco and John D. McCarthy -- The Brazilian church-state crisis of 1980 : effective nonviolent action in a military dictatorship / Daniel Zirker -- Nonviolent social movements in the United States : a historical overview / Charles Chatfield -- Conclusion / Stephen Zunes and Lester R. Kurtz.