A sweeping overview of civil resistance movements around the world that explains what they are,how they work,why they are often effective,and why they can fail.Civil resistance is a method of conflict through which unarmed civilians use a variety of coordinated methods (strikes,protests,demonstrations,boycotts,and many other tactics) to prosecute a conflict without directly harming or threatening to harm an opponent. Sometimes called nonviolent resistance,unarmed struggle,or nonviolent action,this form of political action is now a mainstay across the globe. It was a central form of resistance in postwar anti-colonial movements,the 1989 revolutions,and the Arab Awakenings,and people are practicing civil resistance at higher rates than ever before around the world,including in the United States. If we want to understand the manifold protest movements emerging around the globe,we need a thorough understanding of civil resistance and its many dynamics and manifestations.In Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to KnowR ,Erica Chenoweth-one of the worlds leading scholars on the topic-explains what civil resistance is,how it works,why it sometimes fails,how violence and repression affect it,and the long-term impacts of such resistance. Featuring both historical cases of civil resistance and more contemporary examples such as the Arab Awakenings and various ongoing movements in the United States,this book provides a comprehensive yet pithy overview of this enormously important subject.
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Publisher: Oxford University Press IncISBN: 9780190244408Weight: 418 gDimensions: 210 x 138 x 23 mm
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Civil Resistance is an absolutely essential book for peace activists and anybody interested in history or in creating a better world. So pretty much everyone,thenErica Chenoweths book is the user manual we need for the long and difficult struggle ahead of us.Erica Chenoweths latest book...offers a detailed and approachable insight into civil resistance,representing the pinnacle of their work on the use of violence within civil action.Erica Chenoweth has written an excellent book on civil resistanceChenoweth provides a fantastic compendium of scholarship and general insights on civil resistance that should be valuable for academics and activists alike.This book is as much advocacy as it is an analysis of nonviolence. Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know is an unwavering introductory guide and comprehensive toolkit to civil resistance's methods and potential.
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