Civil resistance and power politics : the experience of non-violent action from Gandhi to the present / edited by Adam Roberts, Timothy Garton Ash.

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Publication details: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: xxi, 407 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780199552016 (acidfree paper)
0199552010 (acidfree paper)

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Civil resistance & power politics [Cover title]
Non-violent action from Gandhi to the present

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DDC classification:

322.4 ROB 22

LOC classification:

JC328.3 .C58 2009

Contents:

Table of contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. Contents. List of Illustrations. List of Contributors. List of Initial Questions. 1:Civil Resistance and Power Politics, Adam Roberts. 2:People Power and Protest: The Literature on Civil Resistance in Historical Context, April Carter. 3:Gandhi and Civil Resistance in India, 1917-47: Key Issues, Judith Brown. 4:The US Civil Rights Movement: Power from Below and Above, 1945-70, Doug McAdam. 5:The Interplay of Non-violent and Violent Action in Northern Ireland, 1967-72, Richard English. 6:The Dialectics of Empire: Soviet Leaders and the Challenge of Civil Resistance in East-Central Europe, 1968-91, Mark Kramer. 7:Civil Resistance in Czechoslovakia: From Soviet Invasion to 'Velvet Revolution', 1968-89, Kieran Williams. 8:Towards 'Self-Limiting Revolution': Poland, 1970-89, Aleksander Smolar. 9:Portugal: 'The Revolution of the Carnations', 1974-75, Kenneth Maxwell. 10:Mass Protests in the Iranian Revolution, 1977-79, Ervand Abrahamian. 11:'People Power' in the Philippines, 1983-86, Amado Mendoza. 12:Political Mass Mobilization against Authoritarian Rule: Pinochet's Chile, 1983-88, Carlos Huneeus. 13:The Interplay of Non-violent and Violent Action in the Movement against Apartheid in South Africa, 1983-94, Tom Lodge. 14:The Intersection of Ethnic Nationalism and People Power Tactics in the Baltic States, 1987-91, Mark R. Beissinger. 15:The 1989 Demonstrations in Tiananmen Square and Beyond: Echoes of Gandhi, Merle Goldman. 16:Civil Resistance and Civil Society: Lessons from the Collapse of the German Democratic Republic in 1989, Charles S. Maier. 17:The Limits of Prudence: Civil Resistance in Kosovo, 1990-98, Howard Clark. 18:Civil Society versus Slobodan Milosevic: Serbia, 1991-2000, Ivan Vejvoda. 19:Georgia's 'Rose Revolution' of 2003: A Forceful Peace, Stephen Jones. 20:Ukraine's 'Orange Revolution' of 2004: The Paradoxes of Negotiation, Andrew Wilson. 21:The Moment of the Monks: Burma, 2007, Christina Fink. 22:A Century of Civil Resistance: Some Lessons and Questions, Timothy Garton Ash.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents:
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Contents.
List of Illustrations.
List of Contributors.
List of Initial Questions.
1:Civil Resistance and Power Politics, Adam Roberts.
2:People Power and Protest: The Literature on Civil Resistance in Historical Context, April Carter.
3:Gandhi and Civil Resistance in India, 1917-47: Key Issues, Judith Brown.
4:The US Civil Rights Movement: Power from Below and Above, 1945-70, Doug McAdam.
5:The Interplay of Non-violent and Violent Action in Northern Ireland, 1967-72, Richard English.
6:The Dialectics of Empire: Soviet Leaders and the Challenge of Civil Resistance in East-Central Europe, 1968-91, Mark Kramer.
7:Civil Resistance in Czechoslovakia: From Soviet Invasion to 'Velvet Revolution', 1968-89, Kieran Williams.
8:Towards 'Self-Limiting Revolution': Poland, 1970-89, Aleksander Smolar.
9:Portugal: 'The Revolution of the Carnations', 1974-75, Kenneth Maxwell.
10:Mass Protests in the Iranian Revolution, 1977-79, Ervand Abrahamian.
11:'People Power' in the Philippines, 1983-86, Amado Mendoza.
12:Political Mass Mobilization against Authoritarian Rule: Pinochet's Chile, 1983-88, Carlos Huneeus.
13:The Interplay of Non-violent and Violent Action in the Movement against Apartheid in South Africa, 1983-94, Tom Lodge.
14:The Intersection of Ethnic Nationalism and People Power Tactics in the Baltic States, 1987-91, Mark R. Beissinger.
15:The 1989 Demonstrations in Tiananmen Square and Beyond: Echoes of Gandhi, Merle Goldman.
16:Civil Resistance and Civil Society: Lessons from the Collapse of the German Democratic Republic in 1989, Charles S. Maier.
17:The Limits of Prudence: Civil Resistance in Kosovo, 1990-98, Howard Clark.
18:Civil Society versus Slobodan Milosevic: Serbia, 1991-2000, Ivan Vejvoda.
19:Georgia's 'Rose Revolution' of 2003: A Forceful Peace, Stephen Jones.
20:Ukraine's 'Orange Revolution' of 2004: The Paradoxes of Negotiation, Andrew Wilson.
21:The Moment of the Monks: Burma, 2007, Christina Fink.
22:A Century of Civil Resistance: Some Lessons and Questions, Timothy Garton Ash.

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