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Nonviolent Revolutions: Civil Resistance in the Late 20th Century. By Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2012

Wendy Pearlman*
Affiliation:
Northwestern University

Extract

Nonviolent Revolutions: Civil Resistance in the Late 20th Century. By Sharon Erickson Nepstad. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. 200p. $99.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.

We live in nonviolent revolutionary times. From Egypt to Moscow, New York to Manama, 2011 saw millions of peaceful protestors take to the streets to demand change. Under what conditions do civilian-based struggles achieve their goals without resort to violence?

Type
Critical Dialogue
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 2012

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