Peter Ackerman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3699641 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Ackerman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Ackerman |
| SIGNATURE | ACKERMAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Benevolent Society |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
La résistance civile contre la corruption financière
Lessons from Civil Resistance for the Battle against Financial Corruption
The first part of this article presents an overview of civil resistance theory and practice, including key concepts and the historical record of nonviolent movements ending authoritarian and occupying regimes. It will also present a practical checklist for assessing why people power movements succeed or fail. The second part of this article will demonstrate how civil resistance applies to the global scourge of financial corruption. It will first …
The Strategic Dimensions of Civil Resistance
The sequenced, sustained application of nonviolent operations has engendered historical results: tyrants have capitulated, governments collapsed, occupying armies retreated and political systems that denied human rights been delegitimated and dismantled. Those threatened by such campaigns are prone to define a 'regime change' desired and driven by outside parties as the object and prize In fact, the object is transformation in the way people them…
A Force More Powerful
A Force More Powerful depicts how nonviolent sanctions - such as strikes, boycotts, and civil disobedience - can separate brutal regimes from their means of control. It reveals the inside stories of how ordinary people took extraordinary action and ended oppression, including the Danes' valiant resistance to the Nazis, Solidarity's defeat of Polish communism, civic action in Chile to remove a military dictator - and how nonviolent power continues…
Nonviolent Power in the Twentieth Century
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The Strategic Dimensions of Civil Resistance
The sequenced, sustained application of nonviolent operations has engendered historical results: tyrants have capitulated, governments collapsed, occupying armies retreated and political systems that denied human rights been delegitimated and dismantled. Those threatened by such campaigns are prone to define a 'regime change' desired and driven by outside parties as the object and prize In fact, the object is transformation in the way people them…
Nonviolent Power in the Twentieth Century
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A Force More Powerful
A Force More Powerful depicts how nonviolent sanctions - such as strikes, boycotts, and civil disobedience - can separate brutal regimes from their means of control. It reveals the inside stories of how ordinary people took extraordinary action and ended oppression, including the Danes' valiant resistance to the Nazis, Solidarity's defeat of Polish communism, civic action in Chile to remove a military dictator - and how nonviolent power continues…
Nonviolent Power in the Twentieth Century
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Strategic Dimensions of Civil Resistance
The sequenced, sustained application of nonviolent operations has engendered historical results: tyrants have capitulated, governments collapsed, occupying armies retreated and political systems that denied human rights been delegitimated and dismantled. Those threatened by such campaigns are prone to define a 'regime change' desired and driven by outside parties as the object and prize In fact, the object is transformation in the way people them…
La résistance civile contre la corruption financière
Lessons from Civil Resistance for the Battle against Financial Corruption
The first part of this article presents an overview of civil resistance theory and practice, including key concepts and the historical record of nonviolent movements ending authoritarian and occupying regimes. It will also present a practical checklist for assessing why people power movements succeed or fail. The second part of this article will demonstrate how civil resistance applies to the global scourge of financial corruption. It will first …
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · 20th century (1 work) · 20th century (1 work) · Abuse of power (1 work)