Schock, Kurt, 1963-

Unarmed insurrections : people power movements in nondemocracies / Kurt Schock. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2005. - xxvi, 228 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 22 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-210) and index.

From "people's war" to "people power"? -- Political process and nonv iolent action approaches to political contention -- People power unleas hed : South Arica and the Philippines -- People power suppressed : Burm a and China -- Challenging monarchies and militaries : people power in Nepal and Thailand -- Trajectories of unarmed insurrections.

9780816641925 (pb : alk. paper) 9780816641932 (pb : alk. paper)

2004-015059


Nonviolence.
Social movements.

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