From Eastern Europe to South Africa to the Arab Spring, nonviolent action has proven capable of overthrowing autocratic regimes and bringing about revolutionary political change. How do dissidents come to embrace a nonviolent strategy in the first place? Why do others rule it out in favor of taking...

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Main Author:	Thurber, Ches ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2021
Series:	Cambridge studies in contentious politics
Subjects:	Geschichte 1925- Passive resistance / Social aspects Civil disobedience / Social aspects Passive resistance / History Civil disobedience / History Bewaffneter Konflikt Gewaltloser Widerstand Nepal Syrien
Online Access:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Summary:	From Eastern Europe to South Africa to the Arab Spring, nonviolent action has proven capable of overthrowing autocratic regimes and bringing about revolutionary political change. How do dissidents come to embrace a nonviolent strategy in the first place? Why do others rule it out in favor of taking up arms? Despite a new wave of attention to the effectiveness and global impact of nonviolent movements, our understanding of their origins and trajectories remains limited. Drawing on cases from Nepal, Syria, India and South Africa, as well as global cross-national data, this book details the processes through which challenger organizations come to embrace or reject civil resistance as a means of capturing state power. It develops a relational theory, showing how the social ties that underpin challenger organizations shape their ability and willingness to attempt regime change using nonviolent means alone
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Oct 2021)
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 265 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781108933278
DOI:	10.1017/9781108933278