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A Theory of Nonviolent Action: How Civil Resistance Works
Stellan Vinthagen
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Description for A Theory of Nonviolent Action: How Civil Resistance Works
Paperback. In this ground-breaking and much-needed book, Stellan Vinthagen provides the first major systematic attempt to develop a theory of nonviolent action since Gene Sharp's seminal The Politics of Nonviolent Action in 1973. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 522.
In this ground-breaking and much-needed book, Stellan Vinthagen provides the first major systematic attempt to develop a theory of nonviolent action since Gene Sharp's seminal The Politics of Nonviolent Action in 1973. Employing a rich collection of historical and contemporary social movements from various parts of the world as examples - from the civil rights movement in America to anti-Apartheid protestors in South Africa to Gandhi and his followers in India - and addressing core theoretical issues concerning nonviolent action in an innovative, penetrating way, Vinthagen argues for a repertoire of nonviolence that combines resistance and construction. ... Read more
In this ground-breaking and much-needed book, Stellan Vinthagen provides the first major systematic attempt to develop a theory of nonviolent action since Gene Sharp's seminal The Politics of Nonviolent Action in 1973. Employing a rich collection of historical and contemporary social movements from various parts of the world as examples - from the civil rights movement in America to anti-Apartheid protestors in South Africa to Gandhi and his followers in India - and addressing core theoretical issues concerning nonviolent action in an innovative, penetrating way, Vinthagen argues for a repertoire of nonviolence that combines resistance and construction. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780325156
SKU
V9781780325156
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Ref
99-2
About Stellan Vinthagen
Stellan Vinthagen is inaugural endowed chair in the study of nonviolent direct action and civil resistance and professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is also a council member of War Resisters' International, academic adviser to the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), co-founder of the Resistance Studies Network (www.resistancestudies.org) and editor of the Journal of Resistance ... Read more
Reviews for A Theory of Nonviolent Action: How Civil Resistance Works
'For anyone interested in nonviolence research, I'd recommend putting this at the top of your reading list...a classic.' Waging Nonviolence 'The richness of the detail may make it something of a Bible of nonviolent action... In this sense the book stands in Gandhi's tradition of experimentation while demonstrating how the core elements of his thought and ... Read more