Civil Resistance: Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle

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An international and interdisciplinary group ofscholars takes stock of the current state of the theoretical and empiricalliterature on civil resistance. Contributors analyze key processes ofnonviolent struggle and identify both frictions and points of synthesisbetween the narrower literature on civil resistance and the broaderliterature on social movements and revolution. By doing so, CivilResistance: Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle pushesthe boundaries of the study of civil resistance and generates socialscientific knowledge that will be helpful for all scholars and activistsconcerned with democracy, human rights, and social justice.

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"A major contribution to our understanding of nonviolent social change."Mobilization

"Kurt Schocks edited volume provides an excellent overview of some of the latest research findings and theoretical developments of the rapidly growing subfield of strategic nonviolent action. Civil Resistance reminds us why the study of civil resistance has become mainstream in political science and related fields."Perspectives on Politics

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Kurt Schock is associate professor of sociology and global affairs at Rutgers University.

Contributors: Sean Chabot, Eastern Washington U; Vronique Dudouet, Berghof Foundation, Germany; Dustin Ells Howes, Louisiana State U; Brian Martin, U of Wollongong, Australia; Sharon Erickson Nepstad, U of New Mexico; Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham U; Julie M. Norman, Queen's U, Belfast; Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Thammasat U, Thailand; Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Thammasat U, Thailand; Stellan Vinthagen, U West and U ofGteborg, Sweden