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A Theory of Nonviolent Action

How Civil Resistance Works

By: Stellan Vinthagen

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A Theory of Nonviolent Action

How Civil Resistance Works

By: Stellan Vinthagen

In this ground-breaking and much-needed book, Stellan Vinthagen provides the first major systematic attempt to develop a theory of nonviolent action since Gene Sharp's seminal The Politics of Nonviolent Action in 1973. Employing a rich collection of historical and contemporary social movements from various parts of the world as examples - from the civil rights movement in America to anti-Apartheid protestors in South Africa to Gandhi and his followers in India - and addressing core theoretical issues concerning nonviolent action in an innovative, penetrating way, Vinthagen argues for a repertoire of nonviolence that combines resistance and construction. Contrary to earlier research, this repertoire - consisting of dialogue facilitation, normative regulation, power breaking and utopian enactment - is shown to be both multidimensional and contradictory, creating difficult contradictions within nonviolence, while simultaneously providing its creative and transformative force. An important contribution in the field, A Theory of Nonviolent Action is essential for anyone involved with nonviolent action who wants to think about what they are doing.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1780320531

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A Theory of Nonviolent Action

How Civil Resistance Works

By: Stellan Vinthagen

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How Civil Resistance Works

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1780320558

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Researching Resistance and Social Change

A Critical Approach to Theory and Practice

By: Mikael Baaz,Mona Lilja,Stellan Vinthagen

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Researching Resistance and Social Change

A Critical Approach to Theory and Practice

By: Mikael Baaz,Mona Lilja,Stellan Vinthagen

Resistance has often been connected with anti-social attitudes, destructiveness, reactionary or revolutionary ideologies, unusual and sudden explosions of violence and emotional outbursts. This book goes beyond these conventions. Exploring various key questions, ranging from concept definitions of affect and temporality, to complex entanglements of various social dimensions and ethical questions, this accessible guide provides a robust theoretical and methodological framework for researching of resistance and social change. By drawing connections between resistance and politics, between performance and everyday strategies, and between the juridical and its counter-strategies, this book provides students with a transdisciplinary understanding of contemporary debates in this emerging field.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1786601184

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9781786601186

Tackling Trident

By: Stellan Vinthagen,Justin Kenrick,Kelvin Mason

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Tackling Trident

By: Stellan Vinthagen,Justin Kenrick,Kelvin Mason

Tackling Trident is about two unique academic conferences in which an international group of academics, while discussing scientific conference papers, simultaneously blockaded Faslane Naval Base, home of the UKʼs Trident system of nuclear weapons of mass-destruction, in Scotland, in January and June 2007. This book presents the academics that took part in the innovative ʻAcademic Conference Blockadesʼ, the conference papers that outlines the scientific rational behind their nuclear resistance, and the year long campaign Faslane 365 in which this ʻcritique in actionʼ occurred. Tackling Trident is a book written by engaged academics that tackles nuclear weapon issues, Trident, academic responsibility, and possibilities for academic, personal and social change. This book is a fundamental challenge to the suggested scientific legitimacy of nuclear weapon ʼdefenceʼ, and the suggested political and moral ʼneutralityʼ of academia." -- Back cover.

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Lulu.com

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147175104X

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9781471751042

Revolutionary Constructive Resistance, Benin 1989 in context and perspective

By: Stellan Vinthagen,Jørgen Johansen

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Revolutionary Constructive Resistance, Benin 1989 in context and perspective

By: Stellan Vinthagen,Jørgen Johansen

From Poland 1980-89 to Algeria 2019 we can identify seven "waves" where massive civil society mobilization has successfully challenged the ruling regimes. These changes have mainly been done outside the accepted constitutional processes and civil society actors have been central driving forces. In this booklet we have taken a closer look at Benin and the changes in 1989-90. Our hope is to inspire students and colleagues to do more research on less studied unarmed regime changes. Only by studying and evaluating the experiences of the past can we better understand and help future generations in similar situations.

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9188061361

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9789188061362

Conceptualizing 'Everyday Resistance'

A Transdisciplinary Approach

By: Anna Johansson,Stellan Vinthagen

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Conceptualizing 'Everyday Resistance'

A Transdisciplinary Approach

By: Anna Johansson,Stellan Vinthagen

Everyday resistance is about the many ways people undermine power and domination through their routine and everyday actions. Unlike open rebellions or demonstrations, it is typically hidden, not politically articulated, and often ingenious. But because of its disguised nature, it is often poorly understood as a form of politics and its potential underestimated. Conceptualizing 'Everyday Resistance' presents an analytical framework and theoretical tools to understand the entanglements of everyday power and resistance. These are applied to diverse empirical cases including queer relationships in the context of heteronormativity, Palestinian daily life under military occupation, workplace behaviors under office surveillance, and the tactics of fat acceptance bloggers facing the war against obesity. Johansson and Vinthagen argue that everyday resistance is best understood by accounting for different repertoires of tactics, relations between actors and struggles around constructions of time and space. Through a critical dialogue with the work of James C. Scott, Michel de Certeau and Asef Bayat, they aim to reconstruct the field of resistance studies, expanding what counts as resistance and building systematic analysis. Conceptualizing 'Everyday Resistance' offers researchers and students from different theoretical and empirical backgrounds an essential overview of the field and a creative framework that illuminates the potential of all people to transform society.

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Routledge

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1351368389

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9781351368384

Constructive Resistance

Resisting Injustice by Creating Solutions

By: Majken Jul Sørensen,Stellan Vinthagen,Jørgen Johansen

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Constructive Resistance

Resisting Injustice by Creating Solutions

By: Majken Jul Sørensen,Stellan Vinthagen,Jørgen Johansen

Constructive resistance occurs when people start to build the society they desire independently of and in opposition to the dominant structures already in place. Through case studies and illustrative examples from around the world, this book explores how people working for a more just, sustainable and peaceful future combine construction and resistance. The book provides students and practitioners of resistance with tools to detect, critically discuss and evaluate cases of constructive resistance. While some movements focus mainly on either construction or resistance, the authors argue that those who manage to creatively combine the two are likely to achieve more far-reaching goals and see their results become more durable.

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