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Very highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate collections.
–Choice
Very highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate collections.
–Choice
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This comprehensive guide to research, sources, and theories about nonviolent action as a technique of struggle in social and political conficts discusses the methods and techniques used by groups in various encounters. Although violence and its causes have received a great deal of attention, nonviolent action has not received its due as an international phenomenon with a long history.
An introduction that explains the theories and research used in the study provides a practical guide to this essential bibliography of English-language sources. The first part of the book covers case-study materials divided by region and subdivided by country. Within each country, materials are arranged chronologically and topically. The second major part examines the methods and theory of nonviolent action, principled nonviolence, and several closely related areas in social science, such as conflict analysis and social movements. The book is indexed by author and subject.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 853 books | 2 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: nonviolent action, political noncooperation, principled nonviolence, nonviolent conduct, noncooperation campaign (more) Key Phrases - CAPs: New York, South Africa, United States, Oxford Univ, New Delhi (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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Africa's history of nonviolent struggle disproves the idea that nonviolent action was invented in India or the West. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nonviolent action, political noncooperation, principled nonviolence, nonviolent conduct, noncooperation campaign, noncooperation movement, segregationist violence, nonviolent intervention, civil liberties campaign, war tax resistance, nonviolent struggle, civic strike, labor boycotts, nonviolent coercion, sports boycotts, green bans, nonviolent opposition, protest theater, international economic sanctions, consult index, civilian defence, free speech fights, tax refusal, nonviolent revolution Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, South Africa, United States, Oxford Univ, New Delhi, Martin Luther King, San Francisco, New Zealand, World War, Harvard Univ, Latin America, Columbia Univ, Greenwood Press, Los Angeles, Mahatma Gandhi, New Haven, Northern Ireland, Land League, Princeton Univ, California Press, Great Britain, Random House, Yale Univ, Cambridge Univ, Quit India New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Africa's history of nonviolent struggle disproves the idea that nonviolent action was invented in India or the West. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nonviolent action, political noncooperation, principled nonviolence, nonviolent conduct, noncooperation campaign, noncooperation movement, segregationist violence, nonviolent intervention, civil liberties campaign, war tax resistance, nonviolent struggle, civic strike, labor boycotts, nonviolent coercion, sports boycotts, green bans, nonviolent opposition, protest theater, international economic sanctions, consult index, civilian defence, free speech fights, tax refusal, nonviolent revolution Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, South Africa, United States, Oxford Univ, New Delhi, Martin Luther King, San Francisco, New Zealand, World War, Harvard Univ, Latin America, Columbia Univ, Greenwood Press, Los Angeles, Mahatma Gandhi, New Haven, Northern Ireland, Land League, Princeton Univ, California Press, Great Britain, Random House, Yale Univ, Cambridge Univ, Quit India New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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