TY - BOOK AU - Nepstad, Sharon Erickson TI - Nonviolent revolutions : civil resistance in the late 20th century SN - 9780199778218 U1 - 323.044 NEP PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Government, Resistance to - History - 20th century KW - Revolutions - History - 20th century N1 -

Includes bibliographical references and index.

; Nonviolent power and revolutionary change -- Nonviolent uprisings against socialist regimes -- The Tiananmen tragedy and the failed Chinese uprising -- The collapse of the East German State -- Nonviolent uprisings against military regimes -- Panama's struggle for democracy -- Ousting Chile's general pinochet -- Nonviolent uprisings against personal dictatorships -- Kenyan resistance to Daniel Arap Moi -- The Philippines' "bloodless revolution" -- Conclusion : how civil resistance works ER -