Between Mao and Gandhi

ISBN-13: 9781108927840 / Miękka / 2023 / 281 str.

Ches (Northern Illinois University) Thurber

Opis

Asks why some dissident movements adopt nonviolent strategies of resistance, while others choose to take up arms.

Recenzje

'In Between Gandhi and Mao, Thurber takes on a critical question: if nonviolent resistance is more effective, why do many groups still choose armed warfare? Through careful analysis of revolutionary struggles in Nepal and Syria he reveals that movements can only successfully implement nonviolent strategies when there are sufficient social ties among various sectors of the population and the regime. Thurber's book is theoretically sophisticated, empirically rich, beautifully written, and sheds important light on revolutionaries' strategic decision-making processes. It marks an important advance by bridging the study of civil war and civil resistance.' Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Chair and Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of New Mexico, and author of Nonviolent Struggle: Theories, Strategies, and Dynamics

Spis treści

1. Pathways to revolution; 2. Social ties and civil resistance; 3. Nepal's Gandhians take arms; 4. Nepal's Maoists take to the streets; 5. Syria in the Arab spring; 6. Resisting colonial rule in the Syrian mandate; 7. Barriers to civil resistance: a global analysis; 8. Gandhi revisited: overcoming barriers to civil resistance in South Africa and India; 9. Conclusion; Appendix: notes on field research in Nepal; References; Index.