Justice Without ViolencePaul Ernest Wehr, Heidi Burgess, Guy M. Burgess A mixture of theoretical analysis and case studies from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, this book examines non-violent direct action, political action, economic sanctions and social movements as alternative remedies in the struggle for justice. The authors thus address the basic questions that underlie current debates in international politics over the use of preventive diplomacy, humanitarian intervention and international enforcement action. |
Contents
Theoretical Foundations | 7 |
Research Questions and Hypotheses | 37 |
Peace Justice and the Faces of Power | 45 |
Nonviolent Direct Action and the Diffusion of Power | 59 |
Violence Nonviolence and Justice | 81 |
Nonviolence and the 1989 Revolution in Eastern Europe | 99 |
Violence Versus Nonviolence in the USSR | 125 |
Chinas Movement to Resolve | 147 |
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actionist analysis apartheid behavior belief systems Boulding challenge group chapter China Chinese civil and political coercion Communist countries CPSU cultural democracy democratic demonstrations dominant group Eastern Europe Economic Sanctions effect Esquipulas ethnic factors force foreign forms of protest Gandhi Gene Sharp goals Gorbachev grievances Guy Burgess human rights Ibid important increase India injustice interests International International Sanctions intifada Islam Israeli Kaempfer and Lowenberg leaders legitimacy mechanisms ment Middle East military Minorities at Risk movement negative negotiation Nicaragua nomic nonviolent action nonviolent direct action nonviolent protest nonviolent resistance nonviolent struggle opponents organizations outcome Palestinian party peace perestroika political rights Politics of Nonviolent population Press rebellion reform regime relationship repression response Revolution Russian Sandinista Sharp social society Solidarity South Africa Soviet Union strategy structure Studies subordinate group successful tactics target Theory threat tion USSR variables Wehr and Nepstad workers