Overview
- Helps identify new trends in the phenomenon of civil resistance, for instance against the exploitation of natural resources
- Looks at the modality in which civil resistance has taken place, its results and the factors that have influenced these, as well as the challenges faced
- Discusses cases of civil resistance that have occurred in four main types of contexts – armed conflict, authoritarian regimes, exploitation of natural resources and land grabbing – where opponents have shown their readiness to use violence against resisters
Part of the book series: Studies of the Americas (STAM)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“This book is a genuine tour-de-force and finest effort to analyze and present nonviolent resistance across Latin America. At this point in time, there is no better reading companion shining the light of wisdom on the richness of nonviolent campaigns and movements in the region than this unique volume. The editors and authors of this impressive volume must be commended for having gathered and recorded the stories and cases of nonviolent struggles across the region that students, educators, practitioners and activists in Latin America and beyond can now use in their learning, teaching, training, community work, and activism. This book gives us new knowledge about the civil resistance practice in Latin America but also hope and optimism about nonviolent endeavor and resilience of many in the region.” (Maciej Bartkowski, Senior Director for Education and Research at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, USA)
“Based on single-case and comparative analysis of a wide spectrum of socio-political nonviolent campaigns across Latin America, this book offers much welcome innovative empirical data on several essential components of civil resistance. Its contributors uncover the various mechanisms through which civil resistance by grievance groups can leverage power and redress power asymmetry against injustice or violence by the state, multinational companies or non-state armed groups, especially over material resources such as land and natural resources. The book also sheds light on under-researched areas of enquiry within nonviolent action scholarship, from spirituality and discursive power to the added value of synergizing civil resistance with institutional action. It will be of great empirical and conceptual value to students, scholars and activists alike, both within Latin America and beyond.” (Véronique Dudouet, Research Programme Director, Berghof Foundation, Berlin)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Esperanza Hernández Delgado is Doctor in Peace, Conflict and Democracy, Research Professor at the University of La Salle, Colombia, and consultant on local peace initiatives, civil resistance, mediations in the Colombian armed conflict, peace processes and peace education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Civil Resistance and Violent Conflict in Latin America
Book Subtitle: Mobilizing for Rights
Editors: Cécile Mouly, Esperanza Hernández Delgado
Series Title: Studies of the Americas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05033-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05032-0Published: 08 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05033-7Published: 21 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 247
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Latin American Politics, Conflict Studies, Peace Studies, Violence and Crime