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Stephen Zunes, Lester R. Kurtz, Sarah Beth Asher (editors)
(Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1999)
Notes on Editors and ContributorsIntroduction
Part I: Perspectives on Nonviolent Movements
1. Nonviolence and Power in the Twentieth Century
by Kenneth E. Boulding
2. You Can’t Kill the Spirit: Women and Nonviolent Action
by Pam McAllister
Part II: The Middle East
Introduction
3. Unarmed Resistance in the Middle East and North Africa
by Stephen Zunes
4. Nonviolent Resistance in the Occupies Territories: A Critical Reevaluation
by Souad Dajani
Part III: Europe
Introduction
5. The Grassroots Movement in Germany, 1972 – 1985
by Matthew Lyons
6. “ We Have Bare Hands”: Nonviolent Social Movements in the Soviet Bloc
by Lee Smithey and Lester R. Kurtz
Part IV: Asia
Introduction
7. The Origins of People Power in the Philippines
by Stephen Zunes
8. Imagery in the 1992 Nonviolent Uprising in Thailand
by Chaiwat Satha-Anand
9. Violent and Nonviolent Struggle in Burma: Is a Unified Strategy Workable?
by Michael Beer
Part V: Africa
Introduction
10. The Ogoni Struggle for Human Rights and a Civil Society in Nigeria
by Joshua Cooper
11. The Role of Nonviolence in the Downfall of Apartheid
by Stephen Zunes
Part VI: Latin America
Introduction
12. Advocating Nonviolent Direct Action in Latin America: The Antecedents and Emergence of SERPAJ
by Ronald Pagnucco and John D. McCarthy
13. The Brazilian Church-State Crisis of 1980: Effective Nonviolent Action in a Military Dictatorship
by Daniel Zirker
Part VII: North America
Introduction
14. Nonviolent Social Movements in the United States: A Historical Overview
by Charles Chatfield
Conclusion
Index