A theory of nonviolent action : how civil resistance works /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vinthagen, Stellan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Zed Books, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the practice of nonviolent action
  • Nonviolent actions studies
  • The concept of nonviolence
  • The rationality of nonviolent action
  • Nonviolent "dialogue facilitation"
  • Nonviolent "power breaking"
  • Nonviolent "utopian enactment"
  • Nonviolent "normative regulation"
  • A theory of nonviolent action
  • Appendix: the philosophy of Gandhi.