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Civil resistance : what everyone needs to know
Record details
- ISBN: 9780190244408
- Physical Description: xxvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-313) and index. |
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| Subject: | Nonviolence Civil disobedience |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlegar Campus Library | JC 328.3 C47 2021 (Text) | B001302538 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |
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A Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and one of the worldâs leading scholars on the topic explains what civil resistance is, how it works, why it sometimes fails, how violence and repression affects it and the long-term impacts of such resistance. - Oxford University Press
Exploring both historical cases of civil resistance and more contemporary examples such as the Arab Awakenings and various ongoing movements in the United States, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides a comprehensive and engaging review of the current field of knowledge. - Oxford University Press
A sweeping overview of civil resistance movements around the world that explains what they are, how they work, why they are often effective, and why they can fail.
Civil resistance is a method of conflict through which unarmed civilians use a variety of coordinated methods (strikes, protests, demonstrations, boycotts, and many other tactics) to prosecute a conflict without directly harming or threatening to harm an opponent. Sometimes called nonviolent resistance, unarmed struggle, or nonviolent action, this form of political action is now a mainstay across the globe. It was been a central form of resistance in the 1989 revolutions and in the Arab Spring, and it is now being practiced widely in Trump's America. If we are going to understand the manifold protest movements emerging around the globe, we need a thorough understanding of civil resistance and its many dynamics and manifestations.
In Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know® , Erica Chenoweth -- one of the world's leading scholars on the topic--explains what civil resistance is, how it works, why it sometimes fails, how violence and repression affect it, and the long-term impacts of such resistance. Featuring both historical cases of civil resistance and more contemporary examples such as the Arab Awakenings and various ongoing movements in the United States, this book provides a comprehensive yet pithy overview of this enormously important subject.
