A sweeping overview of civil resistance movements around the world that explains what they
are, how they work, why they are often effective, and why they can fail. Civil resistance is a …

On 25 January 2011, Egyptian police shot and killed Mustafa Ragab Mahmoud, a nineteen-
year-old high school dropout, in the Arbayeen district of the Suez. Mahmoud, one of several …

Social movements have an elusive power but one that is altogether real. From the French
and American revolutions to the Arab Spring, and to ethnic and terrorist movements of today …

In late summer 2015, Sweden embarked on one of the largest self-described humanitarian
efforts in its history, opening its borders to 163,000 asylum seekers fleeing the war in Syria …

ISBN 978-987-722-634-8© Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales| Queda hecho
el depósito que establece la Ley 11723. El contenido de este libro expresa la posición de …

In their pursuit of social justice, revolutionaries have taken on the assembled might of
monarchies, empires, and dictatorships. They have often, though not always, sparked …

Strangely enough, while the pictures used to illustrate the most recent wave of protests for
democracy in North Africa represent mass protest, research on social movements and …

Social Movements cleverly translates the art of collective action and mobilization by
excluded groups to facilitate understanding social change from below. Students learn the …

Abstract At present the World System and world order are undergoing considerable
transformations. Revolutions definitely will be an integral part of these systemic changes …

The events of the Arab Spring of 2011 have made clear the importance and potential
efficacy of nonviolent resistance, as well as the field's inability to explain the onset and …