Kurt Schock is associate professor of sociology and global affairs at Rutgers University.Contributors: Sean Chabot, Eastern Washington U; VÉronique Dudouet, Berghof Foundation, Germany; Dustin Ells Howes, Louisiana State U; Brian Martin, U of Wollongong, Australia; Sharon Erickson Nepstad, U of New Mexico; Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham U; Julie M. Norman, Queen's U, Belfast; Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Thammasat U, Thailand; Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Thammasat U, Thailand; Stellan Vinthagen, U West and U of GÖteborg, Sweden

"A major contribution to our understanding of nonviolent social change."-Mobilization"Kurt Schock’s edited volume provides an excellent overview of some of the latest research findings and theoretical developments of the rapidly growing subfield of strategic nonviolent action. Civil Resistance reminds us why the study of civil resistance has become mainstream in political science and related fields."-Perspectives on Politics

• ContentsIntroduction. Civil Resistance in Comparative PerspectiveKurt SchockPart I. Dynamics of Civil Resistance1. “We Do Not Work for Peace”: Reframing Nonviolence in Post-Oslo PalestineJulie M. Norman2. Nonviolent Action as the Interplay between Political Context and “Insider’s Knowledge”: Otpor in SerbiaJanjira Sombatpoonsiri3. Youth Mobilization before and during the Orange Revolution: Learning from LossesOlena Nikolayenko4. How Regimes Counter Civil Resistance Movements: The Cases of Panama and KenyaSharon Erickson Nepstad5. From Political Jiu-jitsu to the Backfire Dynamic: How Repression Can Promote MobilizationBrian Martin6. Sources, Functions, and Dilemmas of External Assistance to Civil Resistance MovementsVÉronique DudouetPart II. Frontiers of Civil Resistance7. Defending Freedom with Civil Resistance in the Early Roman RepublicDustin Ells Howes8. Making Sense of Civil Resistance: From Theories and Techniques to Social Movement PhronesisSean Chabot9. Four Dimensions of Nonviolent Action: A Sociological PerspectiveStellan Vinthagen10. Overcoming Illusory Division: Between Nonviolence as a Pragmatic Strategy and a Principled Way of LifeChaiwat Satha-Anand11. Civil Resistance in the Twenty-First CenturyKurt SchockAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

Kurt Schock is associate professor of sociology and global affairs at Rutgers University.Contributors: Sean Chabot, Eastern Washington U; VÉronique Dudouet, Berghof Foundation, Germany; Dustin Ells Howes, Louisiana State U; Brian Martin, U of Wollongong, Australia; Sharon Erickson Nepstad, U of New Mexico; Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham U; Julie M. Norman, Queen's U, Belfast; Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Thammasat U, Thailand; Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Thammasat U, Thailand; Stellan Vinthagen, U West and U of GÖteborg, Sweden

"A major contribution to our understanding of nonviolent social change."-Mobilization"Kurt Schock’s edited volume provides an excellent overview of some of the latest research findings and theoretical developments of the rapidly growing subfield of strategic nonviolent action. Civil Resistance reminds us why the study of civil resistance has become mainstream in political science and related fields."-Perspectives on Politics

• ContentsIntroduction. Civil Resistance in Comparative PerspectiveKurt SchockPart I. Dynamics of Civil Resistance1. “We Do Not Work for Peace”: Reframing Nonviolence in Post-Oslo PalestineJulie M. Norman2. Nonviolent Action as the Interplay between Political Context and “Insider’s Knowledge”: Otpor in SerbiaJanjira Sombatpoonsiri3. Youth Mobilization before and during the Orange Revolution: Learning from LossesOlena Nikolayenko4. How Regimes Counter Civil Resistance Movements: The Cases of Panama and KenyaSharon Erickson Nepstad5. From Political Jiu-jitsu to the Backfire Dynamic: How Repression Can Promote MobilizationBrian Martin6. Sources, Functions, and Dilemmas of External Assistance to Civil Resistance MovementsVÉronique DudouetPart II. Frontiers of Civil Resistance7. Defending Freedom with Civil Resistance in the Early Roman RepublicDustin Ells Howes8. Making Sense of Civil Resistance: From Theories and Techniques to Social Movement PhronesisSean Chabot9. Four Dimensions of Nonviolent Action: A Sociological PerspectiveStellan Vinthagen10. Overcoming Illusory Division: Between Nonviolence as a Pragmatic Strategy and a Principled Way of LifeChaiwat Satha-Anand11. Civil Resistance in the Twenty-First CenturyKurt SchockAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

Kurt Schock is associate professor of sociology and global affairs at Rutgers University.Contributors: Sean Chabot, Eastern Washington U; VÉronique Dudouet, Berghof Foundation, Germany; Dustin Ells Howes, Louisiana State U; Brian Martin, U of Wollongong, Australia; Sharon Erickson Nepstad, U of New Mexico; Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham U; Julie M. Norman, Queen's U, Belfast; Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Thammasat U, Thailand; Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Thammasat U, Thailand; Stellan Vinthagen, U West and U of GÖteborg, Sweden

"A major contribution to our understanding of nonviolent social change."-Mobilization"Kurt Schock’s edited volume provides an excellent overview of some of the latest research findings and theoretical developments of the rapidly growing subfield of strategic nonviolent action. Civil Resistance reminds us why the study of civil resistance has become mainstream in political science and related fields."-Perspectives on Politics

• ContentsIntroduction. Civil Resistance in Comparative PerspectiveKurt SchockPart I. Dynamics of Civil Resistance1. “We Do Not Work for Peace”: Reframing Nonviolence in Post-Oslo PalestineJulie M. Norman2. Nonviolent Action as the Interplay between Political Context and “Insider’s Knowledge”: Otpor in SerbiaJanjira Sombatpoonsiri3. Youth Mobilization before and during the Orange Revolution: Learning from LossesOlena Nikolayenko4. How Regimes Counter Civil Resistance Movements: The Cases of Panama and KenyaSharon Erickson Nepstad5. From Political Jiu-jitsu to the Backfire Dynamic: How Repression Can Promote MobilizationBrian Martin6. Sources, Functions, and Dilemmas of External Assistance to Civil Resistance MovementsVÉronique DudouetPart II. Frontiers of Civil Resistance7. Defending Freedom with Civil Resistance in the Early Roman RepublicDustin Ells Howes8. Making Sense of Civil Resistance: From Theories and Techniques to Social Movement PhronesisSean Chabot9. Four Dimensions of Nonviolent Action: A Sociological PerspectiveStellan Vinthagen10. Overcoming Illusory Division: Between Nonviolence as a Pragmatic Strategy and a Principled Way of LifeChaiwat Satha-Anand11. Civil Resistance in the Twenty-First CenturyKurt SchockAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex