Courageous resistance : the power of ordinary people / Kristina E. Thalhammer ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thalhammer, Kristina E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courage--Case studies.

Courage.

Human rights workers--Case studies.

Human rights workers.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

210 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

During times of grave injustice, some individuals, groups, and organizations courageously resist maltreatment of all people, regardless of& their backgrounds.& Courageous resisters have assisted others in such locales as Nazi-controlled Europe throughout the 1930s and 40s, Argentina during the "Dirty War" of the 1970s, Rwanda in the 1990s genocide and Iraqi prisons in recent years. Using these and other case studies, this book introduces readers to the broad spectrum of courageous resistance and provides a framework for analyzing the factors that motivate and sustain opposition to human rights violations.

Contents:

Pathways to courageous resistance

The process of becoming a courageous resister

Ordinary persons doing extraordinary evil

The individual as courageous resister to injustice

Collective resistance to injustice : the special power of people working together

Institutions and resisting injustice

Ordinary people's extraordinary courage, impact and hope : conclusions from comparing cases of courageous resistance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-202) and index.

ISBN:

1403984514

9781403984517

1403984980

9781403984982

OCLC:

84902980

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