Resisting Militarism - Direct Action and the Politics of Subversion

Informationen zum Autor Chris Rossdale is Lecturer in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) at the University of Bristol. Klappentext Offers a unique critical insight into the political dynamics of anti-militarist activism in the UKIn the past fifteen years, activists opposing militarism in the UK have auctioned off a tank outside an arms fair, superglued themselves to Lockheed Martin's central London offices, and stopped a battleship with a canoe. They have also challenged militarism on an everyday level in many other ways. This book tells the story of their resistance. It explores why anti-militarists take part in such actions, considers the politics of different tactics, and examines the tensions and debates within the movement. As it explores the multifaceted, imaginative and highly subversive world of anti-militarism, the book also makes two overarching arguments. First, that anti-militarists can help us to understand militarism in novel and useful ways. And second, that the methods and ideas used by anti-militarists can be a potent force for radical political change.Chris Rossdale is a Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Anti-Militarist Direct Action; Conceptualising Militarism; Feminist and Queer Anti-Militarism; Agents of Security; Resisting Security; Contestations; Diversity; Dis/Obedience; Regimes; Conclusion; List of Interviews; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Rossdale, Rossdale Chris
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781474443036
• ISBN: 978-1-4744-4303-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Advances in Critical Military Studies; Advances in Critical Military; Advances in Critical Military Studies; Advances in Critical Military
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Politics / Current Events