Breaking Laws: Violence and Civil Disobedience in Protest (1) (Protest and Social Movements)

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Synopsis
Breaking Laws: Violence and Civil Disobedience in Protest questions the complex relationship between social movements and violence through two contrasted lenses; first through the short-lived radical left wing post '68 revolutionary violence, and secondly in the present diffusion of civil disobedience actions, often at the border between non-violence and violence. This book shows how and why violence occurs or does not, and what different meanings it can take. The short-lived extreme left revolutionary groups that grew out of May '68 and the opposition to the Vietnam War (such as the German Red Army Faction, the Italian Red Brigades, and the Japanese Red Army) are without any doubt on the violent side. More ambiguous are the burgeoning contemporary forms of civil disobedience, breaking the law with the aim of changing it. In theory, these efforts are associated with non-violence and self-restraint. In practice, the line is more difficult to trace, as much depends on how political players define and frame non-violence and political legitimacy.
Copyright:
2019

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
272 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781040795170
Related ISBNs:
9781041176381, 9781040779651, 9789089649348, 9781003691877
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Isabelle Sommier, Graeme Hayes & Sylvie Ollitrault / Taylor & Francis Group
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
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