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245	0	0	_aCivil resistance and conflict transformation : _btransitions from armed to nonviolent struggle / _cedited by Véronique Dudouet.
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2015.
300			_axix, 241 p. ; _c24 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
490	0		_aRoutledge studies in peace and conflict resolution
505	0	0	_gCh. 1. _tIntroduction / _rVéronique Dudouet -- _gCh. 2. _tWestern Sahara: Nonviolence as a last resort / _rJacob Mundy and Stephen Zunes -- _gCh. 3. _tFrom the mountains and jungles to the villages and streets: transitions from violent to nonviolent resistance in West Papua / _rJason MacLeod -- _gCh. 4. _tEvolution of armed to unarmed resistance in Palestine / _rMazin Qumsiyeh -- _gCh. 5. _tSouth Africa: The Townships Rise Up / _rStephen Zunes -- _gCh. 6. _tFrom Armed Struggle to Interaction with Civil Society: Chiapas' Zapatista National Liberation Army / _rGuiomar Rovira Sancho -- _gCh. 7. _tTwo Sides of the Same Coin: Indigenous Armed Struggle and Indigenous Nonviolent Resistance in Colombia / _rJosé Armando Cárdenas Sarrias and Katrin Planta -- _gCh. 8. _tEgypt's Revolution and the Transformation of Armed Islamist Movements towards unarmed activism / _rOmar Ashour -- _gCh. 9. _tNepal's Maoists: Violent Revolution and Non-Violent Political Activism / _rManish Thapa -- _gCh. 10. _tConclusion / _rVéronique Dudouet.
520			_aThis book investigates the decision-making process, rationale and determining factors which underlie the strategic shifts of armed movements from violent to nonviolent resistance. The revival of global interest in the phenomenon of nonviolent struggle since the 2011 Arab Spring offers a welcome opportunity to revisit the potential of unarmed resistance as an alternative pathway out of armed conflicts, in cases where neither military (or counter-insurgency) nor negotiated solutions have succeeded. This volume brings together academics from various disciplinary traditions and offers a wide range of case studies – including South Africa, Palestine and Egypt – through which to view the changes from violence to nonviolence within self-determination, revolutionary or pro-democracy struggles. While current historiography focuses on armed conflicts and their termination through military means or negotiated settlements, this book is a first attempt to investigate the nature and the drivers of transitions from armed strategies to unarmed methods of contentious collective action on the part of non-state conflict actors. The text concentrates in particular on the internal and relational factors which underpin the decision-making process, from a change of leadership and a pragmatic re-evaluation of the goals and means of insurgency in the light of evolving inter-party power dynamics, to the search for new local or international allies and the cross-border emulation or diffusion of new repertoires of action. This book will be of interest to students of security studies, peace and conflict studies, political sociology and IR in general.
650		0	_93279 _aGovernment, Resistance to
650		0	_9479 _aNonviolence
650		0	_92776 _aCivil disobedience
650		0	_9675 _aConflict management
650		0	_93280 _aWar and society
700	1		_4edt _93281 _aDudouet, Veronique
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