Press, Robert M., <br/><br/>
Ripples of Hope :   How Ordinary People Resist Repression Without Violence /  
Robert M. Press. 
 - 1 online resource (320 pages). 
 - Protest and social movements ;  4 .
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<br/><br/>Introduction -- Resisting repression without violence -- Sierra Leone -- Students shake the pillars of power -- Radical activism : from seeking regime reform to regime change -- 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. 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789048525157 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gewaltloser Widerstand<br/>Protestbewegung<br/>Soziale Bewegung<br/>Social movements.<br/>Protest movements.<br/>Nonviolence.<br/>Government, Resistance to.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.<br/>Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.<br/>Society and culture: general.<br/>Social issues and processes.<br/>Social interaction.<br/>Non-violence--Afrique--Études de cas.<br/>Contestation--Afrique--Études de cas.<br/>Mouvements sociaux--Afrique--Études de cas.<br/>Resistance au gouvernement--Afrique--Études de cas.<br/>Nonviolence--Africa--Case studies.<br/>Protest movements--Africa--Case studies.<br/>Social movements--Africa--Case studies.<br/>Government, Resistance to--Africa--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Kenia<br/>Liberia<br/>Sierra Leone<br/>Africa.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Case studies.<br/>Electronic books.