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 nonviolent action approaches to political contention -- People power unleashed : South Arica and the Philippines -- People power suppressed : Burma and China -- Challenging monarchies and militaries : people power in Nepal and Thailand -- Trajectories of unarmed insurrections.

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Nonviolence.
Social movements.

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