Ripples of Hope Robert M. Press.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Press, Robert M., author.

Series:

Protest and social movements ; 4.

Protest and social movements ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonviolence--Africa--Case studies.

Nonviolence.

Protest movements--Africa--Case studies.

Protest movements.

Social movements--Africa--Case studies.

Social movements.

Government, Resistance to--Africa--Case studies.

Government, Resistance to.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations, 1 map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Based on case studies in three African countries and new social movement theory, examines individual and group protests stood up to violence and oppression through mainly nonviolent means.

Contents:

Introduction ; Resisting repression without violence

Sierra Leone. Students shake the pillars of power ; Women help restore democracy ; Mass noncooperation helps defeat a violent junta

Liberia. Nonviolent resistance in abeyance ; Peaceful resistance during a civil war

Kenya. Individual resistance against repression ; Establishing a culture of resistance

Conclusion

Appendix. Methodology ; Interviews ; Comparative levels of repression ; Chronologies ; Abbreviations and significant terms.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-70307-0

1-04-078240-X

90-485-2515-2

9781003703075

OCLC:

932497014