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Ripples of hope : how ordinary people resist repression without violence /

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Based on case studies in three African countries and new social movement theory, examines individual and group protests stood up to violence and oppression through mainly nonviolent means.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Press, Robert M. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]
Series:Protest and social movements ; 4.
Subjects:
Government, Resistance to > Africa > Case studies.
Social movements > Africa > Case studies.
Protest movements > Africa > Case studies.
Nonviolence > Africa > Case studies.
Résistance au gouvernement > Afrique > Études de cas.
Mouvements sociaux > Afrique > Études de cas.
Contestation > Afrique > Études de cas.
Non-violence > Afrique > Études de cas.
Social interaction.
Social issues and processes.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Government, Resistance to.
Nonviolence.
Protest movements.
Social movements.
Africa.
Soziale Bewegung
Protestbewegung
Gewaltloser Widerstand
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Kenia
Africa
Democracy
Freedom
Human rights
Nonviolent resistance
Opportunity
Politics
Social movements
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Based on case studies in three African countries and new social movement theory, examines individual and group protests stood up to violence and oppression through mainly nonviolent means.
Physical Description:1 online resource (327 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index.
ISBN:9789048525157
9048525152