Nonviolent Action: A Research GuideTaylor & Francis, 1997 - 720 pages This comprehensive guide to research, sources, and theories about nonviolent action as a technique of struggle in social and political conficts discusses the methods and techniques used by groups in various encounters. Although violence and its causes have received a great deal of attention, nonviolent action has not received its due as an international phenomenon with a long history. An introduction that explains the theories and research used in the study provides a practical guide to this essential bibliography of English-language sources. The first part of the book covers case-study materials divided by region and subdivided by country. Within each country, materials are arranged chronologically and topically. The second major part examines the methods and theory of nonviolent action, principled nonviolence, and several closely related areas in social science, such as conflict analysis and social movements. The book is indexed by author and subject. |
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Contents
Ghana | 11 |
Zambia | 41 |
Tobacco Boycott and Revolution 18911909 | 52 |
The Americas | 65 |
Canada and the United States | 91 |
Movement 17651775 | 110 |
Labor | 155 |
Struggle for Desegregation and Civil Rights | 191 |
Europe | 349 |
Great Britain | 399 |
Hungary | 420 |
Ireland Northern | 431 |
Italy | 439 |
Studies of Nonviolent Action and Related Fields | 491 |
Pacifism Principle and War | 584 |
Theory and Research on Conflict Power | 595 |
Other Movements and Conflicts Since 1960 | 228 |
Asia and the Pacific | 245 |
Mohandas K Gandhi 18691948 | 290 |
New Zealand Aotearoa | 332 |
Collective Action | 630 |
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Nonviolent Action: A Research Guide Ronald M. McCarthy,Brad Bennett,Gene Sharp No preview available - 2016 |
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