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From Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King to toppled communist regimes in Eastern Europe and pro-democracy movements in Serbia, Georgia and Ukraine, nonviolent action has played a significant role in achieving social and political change in the last century. This title explores the philosophical presuppositions behind nonviolent political action.

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Introduction; 1: Theorists and practitioners of nonviolence; 2: Violence and nonviolence in Western political theory; 3: Nonviolence, the state and civil society; 4: Nonviolence and civil disobedience; 5: Nonviolence and pacifism; 6: Nonviolence and political power; 7: A political theory of nonviolence; Conclusion.

Nonviolence in Political Theory

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 20/07/2012
      ISBN13: 9780748638710, 978-0748638710
      ISBN10: 0748638717
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      Peace studies and conflict resolution

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King to toppled communist regimes in Eastern Europe and pro-democracy movements in Serbia, Georgia and Ukraine, nonviolent action has played a significant role in achieving social and political change in the last century. This title explores the philosophical presuppositions behind nonviolent political action.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1: Theorists and practitioners of nonviolence; 2: Violence and nonviolence in Western political theory; 3: Nonviolence, the state and civil society; 4: Nonviolence and civil disobedience; 5: Nonviolence and pacifism; 6: Nonviolence and political power; 7: A political theory of nonviolence; Conclusion.

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