Civil resistance and power politics the experience of non-violent action from Gandhi to the present / edited by Adam Roberts, Timothy Garton Ash.
| Other author | Roberts, Adam, 1940- |
| Other author | Garton Ash, Timothy. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, |
| Description | xxi, 407 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Cover title | Civil resistance & power politics |
| Portion of title | Non-violent action from Gandhi to the present |
| Contents | Introduction / Adam Roberts -- People power and protest : the literature on civil resistance in historical context / April Carter -- Gandhi and civil resistance in India, 1917-47 : key issues / Judith M. Brown -- The US civil rights movement : power from below and above, 1945-70 / Doug McAdam -- The interplay of non-violent and violent action in Northern Ireland, 1967-72 / Richard English -- The dialectics of empire : Soviet leaders and the challenge of civil resistance in East-Central Europe, 1968-91 / Mark Kramer -- Civil resistance in Czechoslovakia : from Soviet invasion to 'Velvet Revolution', 1968-89 / Kieran Williams -- Towards 'self-limiting revolution' : Poland, 1970-89 / Aleksander Smolar -- Portugal : 'the Revolution of the Carnations', 1974-75 / Kenneth Maxwell -- Mass protests in the Iranian Revolution, 1977-79 / Ervand Abrahamian -- 'People power' in the Philippines, 1983-86 / Amado Mendoza Jr. -- Political mass mobilization against authoritarian rule : Pinochet's Chile, 1983-88 / Carlos Huneeus -- The interplay of non-violent and violent action in the movement against apartheid in South Africa, 1983-94 / Tom Lodge -- The intersection of ethnic nationalism and people power tactics in the Baltic States, 1987-91 / Mark R. Beissinger -- The 1989 demonstrations in Tiananmen Square and beyond : echoes of Gandhi / Merle Goldman -- Civil resistance and civil society : lessons from the collapse of the German Democratic Republic in 1989 / Charles S. Maier -- The limits of prudence : civil resistance in Kosovo, 1990-98 / Howard Clark -- Civil society versus Slobodan Milošević : Serbia, 1991-2000 / Ivan Vejvoda -- Georgia's 'Rose Revolution' of 2003 : enforcing peaceful change / Stephen Jones -- Ukraine's 'Orange Revolution' of 2004 : the parad-xes of negotiation / Andrew Wilson -- The moment of the monks : Burma, 2007 / Christina Fink -- A century of civil resistance : some lessons and questions / Timothy Garton Ash. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009935904 |
| ISBN | 9780199552016 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0199552010 (acid-free paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |