Ripples of Hope

How Ordinary People Resist Repression Without Violence
0. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-90-8964-748-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Protest and Social Movements

In Ripples of Hope, Robert M. Press tells the stories of mothers, students, teachers, journalists, attorneys, and many others who courageously stood up for freedom and human rights against repressive rulers and who helped bring about change through primarily nonviolent means. Global in application and focusing on Kenya, Liberia and Sierra Leone, this tribute to the strength of the human spirit also breaks new ground in social movement theories, showing how people on their own or in small groups can make a difference.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Press, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments, Map of Africa, Introduction 1. Resisting Repression without Violence: New Theoretical Perspectives Part One: Sierra Leone 2. Students Shake the Pillars of Power 3. Women Help Restore Democracy 4. Mass Noncooperation Helps Defeat a Violent Junta Part Two: Liberia 5. Nonviolent Resistance in Abeyance: Courageous Dissent: the Doe Years 6. Peaceful Resistance during Liberia's Civil War: the Taylor Years Part Three: Kenya 7. Individual Resistance against Repression in Kenya (1987-1991) 8. Establishing a Culture of Resistance (1991-2002) 9. Conclusion: Implications for the study of Social Movements and Nonviolent Resistance, Appendix, Methodology, Interviewees Comparative levels of repression, Chronologies, Abbreviations, References, Index, About the author

Über Autor(innen)

Robert M. Press earned his PhD in political science at the University of Florida in 2004. He is the author of two books: Peaceful Resistance: Advancing Human Rights and Democratic Freedom (Ashgate, 2006); and The New Africa: Dispatches from a Changing Continent (U. Press of Florida, 1999).