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050 0 4 _aJC328.3
_b.P747 2015
082 0 _a323
100 1 _aPress, Robert M.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRipples of Hope
_cRobert M. Press.
264 1 _bAmsterdam University Press,
264 3 _bProject MUSE,
300 _a1 online resource (327 pages) :
_billustrations, map ;
490 0 _aProtest and social movements ;
_v4
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction ; 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.
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 _aBased 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aNonviolence
_zAfrica
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aProtest movements
_zAfrica
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aSocial movements
_zAfrica
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aGovernment, Resistance to
_zAfrica
_vCase studies.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aProtest and social movements ;
_v4.
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/66323/
999 _c25395
_d25395