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

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.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Resisting repression without violence
  • Sierra Leone
  • Students shake the pillars of power
  • Radical activism : from seeking regime reform to regime change
  • Women help restore democracy
  • Mass noncooperation helps defeat a violent junta
  • Liberia
  • Nonviolent resistance in abeyance
  • Peaceful resistance during a civil war
  • Kenya
  • Individual resistance against repression
  • Establishing a culture of resistance
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix. Methodology
  • Interviews
  • Comparative levels of repression
  • Chronologies
  • Abbreviations and significant terms.