This is an uprising : how nonviolent revolt is shaping the twenty-first century / Mark Engler and Paul Engler ; foreword by Bill McKibben

Object Details

author

Engler, Mark

Engler, Paul 1978-

writer of foreword

McKibben, Bill

Includes Reading Group Guide (pages 289-291).

ANAC copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment.

Contents

The strategic turn -- Structure and movement -- The hybrid -- The pillars -- Declare victory and run -- The act of disruption -- The whirlwind -- The dividers -- The discipline -- The ecology of change -- Conclusion

Summary

"Strategic nonviolent action has reasserted itself as a potent force in shaping public debate and forcing political change. Whether it is an explosive surge of protest calling for racial justice in the United States, a demand for democratic reform in Hong Kong or Mexico, a wave of uprisings against dictatorship in the Middle East, or a tent city on Wall Street that spreads throughout the country, when mass movements erupt onto our television screens, the media portrays them as being as spontaneous and unpredictable. In [this book], political analysts Mark and Paul Engler uncover the organization and well-planned strategies behind such outbursts of protest, examining core principles that have been used to spark and guide moments of transformative unrest. [This book] traces the evolution of civil resistance, providing new insights into the contributions of early experimenters such as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., groundbreaking theorists such as Gene Sharp and Frances Fox Piven, and contemporary practitioners who have toppled repressive regimes in countries such as South Africa, Serbia, and Egypt. Drawing from discussions with activists now working to defend human rights, challenge corporate corruption, and combat climate change, the Englers show how people with few resources and little influence in conventional politics can nevertheless engineer momentous upheavals"-- Provided by publisher.

2017

Type

Books

Physical description

xxiii, 347 pages ; 21 cm

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Civil disobedience

Nonviolence

Record ID

siris_sil_1074853

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0