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020 _a9780190244408 (pbk.):
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100 _aCHENOWETH Erica
_eauthor
245 _aCivil resistance:
_bwhat everyone needs to know/
_cby Erica Chenoweth
260 _aNew York:
_bOxford University Press,
_c2021
300 _axi, 334 pages:
_billustrations;
_c21 cm.
440 _aWhat everyone needs to know
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aCivil resistance is a form of collective action that seeks to affect political, social, or economic status quo without using violence or the threat of violence against people to do so. It is organized, public, and explicitly nonviolent in means and ends. This book will introduce you to some of the main takeaways from history about the ways that civil resistance campaigns have formed, strategized, organized, and mobilized. This chapter will introduce you to the impressive history of civil resistance over the millennia, but it will also grapple with some of the key controversies that persist regarding how to define civil resistance and how to understand its impact on the world around us. But before we discuss this technique's development over the centuries, let's define our terms
650 _aCIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
650 _aNON-VIOLENCE
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