Title Ripples of Hope / Robert M. Press

Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations, map Series Protest and social movements ; 4 Protest and social movements ; 4. Contents Introduction ; 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 Summary Based 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 Analysis opportunity politics freedom africa nonviolent resistance social movements democracy human rights Freetown Kenya Liberia Military dictatorship Sierra Leone Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index Notes Print version record Subject Nonviolence -- Africa -- Case studies Protest movements -- Africa -- Case studies Social movements -- Africa -- Case studies Government, Resistance to -- Africa -- Case studies Government, Resistance to Nonviolence Protest movements Social movements Africa Genre/Form Case studies Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book ISBN 9789048525157 9048525152

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