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People power and political change

key issues and concepts

April Carter

Buch

englisch

Carter, April (Verfasser/-in) DNB

Routledge

Abingdon, Oxon

2012

207 p.

978-0-415-58049-6

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-196) and index.

power (social sciences)
resistance
social movements
democratization
civil society

Summary:


This comparative study of citizen driven revolutionary movements examines several historical conflicts from the twentieth century up to and including recent events in the Arab world showcasing the characteristics of "people power" movements and exploring the effects of globalization on their successes and failures around the globe. The work is divided into sections covering poplar resistance and political change, theoretical concepts of "people power", and the implications of globalization for successful outcomes, and chapters discuss specific examples from Iran in the late 1970s, Central American conflicts of the 1980s and movements in the former Soviet states. Carter is a research fellow at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies at Coventry University, UK. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Contents: Part I. Resistance and political change. People power and nonviolent methods in historical perspective; People power and people's war compared; People power and changing theories of revolution -- Part II. Central concepts and debates. Power, violence and unarmed resistance; Constructing the "people": body politic, nation or class?; People power and electoral democracy: electoral revolutions and democratization -- Part III. Implications of globalization for success of people power. Global trends, transnational solidarity and international politics; conclusion.

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