Since 1981, some 300 organizations-some of them secular and others affiliated to radical
Islam-have carried out more than 600 suicide missions. This book provides information and …

The recent election-related protests in Russia are neither a radical break with the past nor a
flicker of unrest but a continuation of longer-term trends on the Russian protest scene …

Flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up,
his head blackening and charring. In the air was the smell of burning Xesh... Behind me I …

On the evidence presented in this book, suicide missions (SMs) show such a diversity of
traits as to make the search for an overarching explanation of their occurrence and patterns …

Although" repertoire of contention" is a ubiquitous term in the literature, the concept remains
undertheorized and untested. The crucial implication, I argue, is that instances of a tactic …

The nature and efficacy of specific tactics used by Chinese protesters challenge the
conventional wisdom that ordinary people in an authoritarian regime must resort to …

Self-harm within immigration detention centres has been a widely documented
phenomenon, occurring at far higher rates than the wider community. Evidence suggests …

The Kurdish conflict is an acknowledged long-standing issue in the Middle East, and the
emergence of radical Kurdish nationalist movements in the 20th century played a decisive …

This article examines leadership and its role in the emergence of collective action with a
comparison of resistance activities in two Jewish ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe. In the …

This research project is a conceptual exploration of a specific social phenomenon–
nonviolent action. Within the discipline of peace and development studies the dissertation …