Nonviolent action
Subtitle: a research guide
By: Ronald M. McCarthy, Gene Sharp
Contributors: Sharp, Gene
Series: Garland reference library of social science -- v. 940; Garland reference library of social science -- v. 940.
Publisher: Garland Pub.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 720
ISBN-13: 9781299727441
Subjects: Nonviolence; Bibliography; History; Case studies; Protest movements; Non-violence; Biobliographie; Histoire; Bibliographie
Description: An introduction that explains the theories and research used in the study provides a practical guide to this essential bibliography of English-language sources. The first part of the book covers case-study materials divided by region and subdivided by country. Within each country, materials are arranged chronologically and topically. The second major part examines the methods and theory of nonviolent action, principled nonviolence, and several closely related areas in social science, such as conflict analysis and social movements. The book is indexed by author and subject.
Notes: Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Cases of nonviolent struggle; title: pt. 2. Studies of nonviolent action and related fields.