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Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to the Present (with live webcast)

Adam Roberts

Monday, November 23, 2009 08:00 AM to 09:15 AM
 
Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to Present

Description:

Civil resistance—non-violent action against such challenges as dictatorial rule, racial discrimination, and foreign military occupation—is a significant but inadequately understood feature of world politics.

Should civil resistance be seen as potentially replacing violence completely, or as a phenomenon that operates in conjunction with, and as a modification of, power politics?

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Speaker: Adam Roberts

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