Nonviolent Struggle - Theories, Strategies, and Dynamics

Zusatztext It is not an easy task to capture a moving target, but Nepstad has successfully done so, having effectively woven the different threads of this emerging field together. Nonviolent Struggle provides a comprehensive overview of this still under-researched phenomenon and in that sense is clearly one of the foundational academic works... Nonviolent Struggle is a must-read for scholars, students, practitioners and anyone with a general interest in conflict transformation, peace studies, social change and social movements. Informationen zum Autor Sharon Erickson Nepstad is Professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico. She is the author of numerous articles and three books, including: Nonviolent Revolutions: Civil Resistance in the Late 20th Century (2011, Oxford University Press); Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement (2008, Cambridge University Press); and Convictions of the Soul: Religion, Culture, and Agency in the Central American Solidarity Movement (2004, Oxford University Press). Klappentext Nonviolent Struggle provides a comprehensive introduction to civil resistance studies. This book offers a succinct coverage of the philosophy and strategy of nonviolent resistance. Zusammenfassung Nonviolent Struggle provides a comprehensive introduction to civil resistance studies. This book offers a succinct coverage of the philosophy and strategy of nonviolent resistance.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Nepstad, Sharon Erickson Nepstad
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2015
• EAN: 9780199975990
• ISBN: 978-0-19-997599-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political activism, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Political ideologies and movements, Political activism / Political engagement