Civil resistance and conflict transformation : transitions from armed to nonviolent struggle / edited by Véronique Dudouet.

"This 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 welcom...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Dudouet, Veronique (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
Series:Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. INTRODUCTION / Véronique Dudouet
  • Western Sahara : Nonviolence as a Last Resort / Jacob Mundy and Stephen Zunes
  • From the Mountains and Jungles to the Villages and Streets : Transitions from Violent to Nonviolent Resistance in West Papua / Jason McLeod
  • Evolution of Armed to Unarmed Resistance in Palestine / Mazin Qumsiyeh
  • South Africa : The Townships Rise Up / Stephen Zunes
  • From Armed Struggle to Interaction with Civil Society : Chiapas' Zapatista National Liberation Army / Guiomar Rovira Sancho
  • Two Sides of the Same Coin : Indigenous Armed Struggle and Indigenous Nonviolent Resistance in Colombia / José Armando Cárdenas Sarrias and Katrin Planta
  • Egypt's Revolution and the Transformation of Armed Islamist Movements towards Unarmed Activism / Omar Ashour
  • Nepal's Maoists : From Violent Revolution to Nonviolent Political Activism / Manish Thapa
  • CONCLUSION / Véronique Dudouet.