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Nonviolent Revolutions
Sharon Erickson Nepstad
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Description for Nonviolent Revolutions
Paperback. In Nonviolent Revolutions, Sharon Erickson Nepstad analyzes civilian insurrections in China, East Germany, Panama, Chile, Kenya, and the Philippines. Series: Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; JPA; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
In the spring of 1989, Chinese workers and students captured global attention as they occupied Tiananmen Square, demanded political change, and then experienced a tragic crackdown at the hands of the Chinese army. Months later, East German civilians rose up nonviolently, bringing down the Berlin Wall and dismantling their regime. Although both movements used the tactics of civil resistance, their outcomes were different. In Nonviolent Revolutions, Sharon Erickson Nepstad examines these two movements, along with citizen uprisings in Panama, Chile, Kenya, and the Philippines. Through a comparative approach that includes both successful and failed cases, she analyzes the ... Read more
In the spring of 1989, Chinese workers and students captured global attention as they occupied Tiananmen Square, demanded political change, and then experienced a tragic crackdown at the hands of the Chinese army. Months later, East German civilians rose up nonviolently, bringing down the Berlin Wall and dismantling their regime. Although both movements used the tactics of civil resistance, their outcomes were different. In Nonviolent Revolutions, Sharon Erickson Nepstad examines these two movements, along with citizen uprisings in Panama, Chile, Kenya, and the Philippines. Through a comparative approach that includes both successful and failed cases, she analyzes the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199778218
SKU
V9780199778218
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About Sharon Erickson Nepstad
Sharon Erickson Nepstad is Professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico. She is the author of Convictions of the Soul: Religion, Culture, and Agency in the Central America Solidarity Movement (Oxford, 2004) and Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement (Cambridge, 2008), which won the 2009 Outstanding Book Award from the American Sociological Association's section on Peace, ... Read more
Reviews for Nonviolent Revolutions
The book makes a contribution to the debate on the effectiveness of various forms of non-violent strategies, which not only social scientists but also activists and policymakers should find interesting
Anders Uhlin, Global Policy
Anders Uhlin, Global Policy