Majken Jul Sørensen is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Karlstad University, Sweden.Stellan Vinthagen is Professor of Sociology and the Inaugural Endowed Chair in the Study of Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Resistance at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he directs the Resistance Studies Initiative. He is Editor of the Journal of Resistance Studies, and Co-Leader of the Resistance Studies Group at University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Jørgen Johansen is the Deputy Editor of Journal of Resistance Studies and has been active in social justice, peace, environmental and democracy issues in more than 100 countries over the last 40 years.

This book [is a] significant study that will add to the field of civil resistance in the years to come.

• ForewordIntroduction: What Is Constructive Resistance?Chapter 1: The Constructive Elements Of Nonviolent Resistance MovementsChapter 2: How to Analyse And Understand Constructive ResistanceChapter 3: The Transition Movement: Strong Construction, Weak ResistanceChapter 4: Innerdalen: Tactical Use of Construction In A CampaignChapter 5: Unarmed Revolutions: Strong Resistance, Weak ConstructionChapter 6: MST: Constructive Resistance for A New Society On Occupied LandChapter 7: The Zapatistas: Creating Communities Of Autonomy Through Territorial RebellionChapter 8: Integrating Construction and Resistance To Dissolve Dominant Systems Of Power