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Nonviolent Struggle: Theories, Strategies, and Dynamics
Sharon Erickson Nepstad
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Description for Nonviolent Struggle: Theories, Strategies, and Dynamics
Paperback. Nonviolent Struggle provides a comprehensive introduction to civil resistance studies. This book offers a succinct coverage of the philosophy and strategy of nonviolent resistance. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
From Gandhi's movement to win Indian independence to the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, an expanding number of citizens have used nonviolent action to win political goals. While such events have captured the public imagination, they have also generated a new surge of scholarly interest in the field of nonviolence and civil resistance studies. Although researchers have produced new empirical data, theories, and insights into the phenomenon of nonviolent struggle, the field is still quite unfamiliar to many students and scholars. In Nonviolent Struggle: Theories, Strategies, and Dynamics, sociologist Sharon Nepstad provides a succinct introduction to the field ... Read more
From Gandhi's movement to win Indian independence to the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, an expanding number of citizens have used nonviolent action to win political goals. While such events have captured the public imagination, they have also generated a new surge of scholarly interest in the field of nonviolence and civil resistance studies. Although researchers have produced new empirical data, theories, and insights into the phenomenon of nonviolent struggle, the field is still quite unfamiliar to many students and scholars. In Nonviolent Struggle: Theories, Strategies, and Dynamics, sociologist Sharon Nepstad provides a succinct introduction to the field ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199976041
SKU
V9780199976041
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-27
About Sharon Erickson Nepstad
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Nonviolent Struggle: Theories, Strategies, and Dynamics
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 ... Read more