Resisting violence : growing a culture of nonviolent action in South Sudan / Moses John, Philip Wilmot, and Nicholas Zaremba.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

John, Moses, author.

Wilmot, Philip, author.

Zeremba, Nicholas, author.

Contributor:

United States Institute of Peace, issuing body.

Series:

Special report (United States Institute of Peace) ; 435.

Special report / United States Institute of Peace ; 435

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--South Sudan.

Peace-building.

Conflict management--South Sudan.

Conflict management.

Nonviolence--South Sudan.

Nonviolence.

South Sudan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (17 pages).

Other Title:

Growing a culture of nonviolent action in South Sudan

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Institute of Peace, 2018.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This report focuses on the use of nonviolent collective action by civil society leaders, religious leaders, activists, and other South Sudanese to address the social, political, and economic grievances that have fueled the country's ongoing civil conflicts. Supported by the Center for Applied Conflict Transformation and the Middle East and Africa Center at USIP and based on extensive interviews, including with the leaders of prominent nonviolent movements, the report focuses on the formidable challenges to building large-scale and sustainable nonviolent civic campaigns in South Sudan.

Contents:

Introduction.

Nonviolent action and peacebuilding.

A young nation in crisis.

Nonviolent action in South Sudan.

Connecting nonviolent action to formal peace processes.

Challenges to nonviolent action and movement building.

Conclusion and recommendations.

Notes:

"November 2018."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-17).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption (USIP, viewed December 15, 2020).

ISBN:

9781601277459

1601277458

OCLC:

1077769592