Binding: Paperback
Description: The Middle East a region infamous for political violence and a democratic deficit boasts a rich but little - known history of nonviolent civilian - led struggles for rights and freedoms. Ordinary Egyptians Palestinians Turks Israelis Iranians Kuwaitis and other Middle Easterners have over the past century used "weapons" including boycotts strikes demonstrations sit - ins and other methods of civil disobedience and noncooperation to courageously challenge entrenched power and to advance democratic self - rule. This book challenges the oft - heard claim that nonviolent resistance "can't work" in the Middle East by chronicling some of the most significant nonviolent campaigns against colonialism foreign occupation authoritarianism and structural injustice in the region. Other chapters examine the role of strategy political humor religion Islamist movements and external actors in advancing and impeding democratization and good governance. This volume which includes scholarly and activist perspectives will be of particular interest to academics policymakers journalists and local civic leaders interested in the Middle East nonviolent action social movements democratization and war and peace studies - as well as educated general readers interested in understanding present convulsions in the Middle East.
Title: Civilian Jihad Nonviolent Struggle Democratization And Governance In The Middle East
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
Barcode: 9780230621411
Pages: 344 Pages, 10 Illustrations, Black And White; Vii, 344 P. 10 Illus.
Publication Date: 2/12/2010
Category: International Relations