Unarmed Insurrections People Power Movements in Nondemocracies |
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| Author:
| Schock, Kurt |
| Series title: | Social Movements, Protest, and Contention Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8166-4193-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2004 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $42.95 |
Book Description:
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Kurt Schock compares the successes of the antiapartheid movement in South Africa, the people power movement in the Philipines, the pro-democracy movement in Nepal, and the antimilitary movement in Thailand with the failures of the pro-democracy movement in China and the anti-regime challenge in Burma. Schock develops a synthetic framework that allows him to identify which characteristics increase the resilience of a challenge to state repression, and which aspects of a state's...
More DescriptionKurt Schock compares the successes of the antiapartheid movement in South Africa, the people power movement in the Philipines, the pro-democracy movement in Nepal, and the antimilitary movement in Thailand with the failures of the pro-democracy movement in China and the anti-regime challenge in Burma. Schock develops a synthetic framework that allows him to identify which characteristics increase the resilience of a challenge to state repression, and which aspects of a state's relations can be exploited by such a challenge.