Resistance and Rebellion: Lessons from Eastern Europe - Rilegato

Petersen, Roger D.

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ISBN 10: 0521770009 ISBN 13: 9780521770002

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Riassunto

Resistance and Rebellion: Lessons from Eastern Europe explains how ordinary people become involved in resistance and rebellion against powerful regimes. The book shows how a sequence of casual forces - social norms, focal points, rational calculation - operate to drive individuals into roles of passive resistance and, at a second stage, into participation in community-based rebellion organization. By linking the operation of these mechanisms to observable social structures, the work generates predictions about which types of community and society are most likely to form and sustain resistance and rebellion. The empirical material centres around Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance in both the 1940s and the 1987–91 period. Using the Lithuanian experience as a baseline, comparisons with several other Eastern European countries demonstrate the breadth and depth of the theory. The book contributes to both the general literature on political violence and protest, as well as the theoretical literature on collective action.

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'... a good building block in development of a general approach to an important subject and contains a comprehensive bibliography.' Choice

Descrizione del libro:

How do ordinary people become involved in resistance and rebellion against powerful regimes? This book provides a detailed theoretical treatment of the process that pushes and pulls individuals into risk-laden roles. The work compares several East European nations to show the breadth and depth of the approach.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0521770009
• ISBN 13: 9780521770002
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 338