Social Movements, Nonviolent
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18940153 |
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| Authors | Kurt Schock (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-6 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss163.pub3 |
| OpenAlex | W4407743337 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
Nonviolent social movements aspire to dignity, equality, and justice through individual, group, and social transformation by acting against violence without violence. They recognize interconnectedness, adopt systemic orientations, involve restraint, prioritize conversion of opponents and the public, assume a congruence between means and ends, and are simultaneously moral and strategic. They are a modern phenomenon that emerged in response to colonization and the enduring legacies of colonization, such as racism, patriarchy, militarism, state oppression, and capitalist exploitation. This entry focuses on the anticolonial and decolonizing roots of nonviolent social movements through a focus on women's movements and feminism, the Indian independence movement, the US Civil Rights Movement, and the US farm workers' movement
Geography · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
| Highly cited | No |
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