Constructive Resistance: Resisting Injustice by Creating Solutions (Resistance Studies: Critical Engagements with Power and Social Change) - Hardcover

Sørensen, Majken Jul; Vinthagen, Stellan; Johansen, Jørgen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1538165392 ISBN 13: 9781538165393

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2023

Synopsis

Constructive resistance occurs when people start to build the society they desire independently of and in opposition to the dominant structures already in place. Through case studies and illustrative examples from around the world, this book explores how people working for a more just, sustainable and peaceful future combine construction and resistance. The book provides students and practitioners of resistance with tools to detect, critically discuss and evaluate cases of constructive resistance. While some movements focus mainly on either construction or resistance, the authors argue that those who manage to creatively combine the two are likely to achieve more far-reaching goals and see their results become more durable.

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About the Author

Stellan Vinthagen is Associate Professor in Sociology and Senior Lecturer in Peace and Development Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is also a Council Member of War Resisters International, academic advisor to the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), and co-founder of the Resistance Studies Network (www.resistancestudies.org). He has since 1980 been an educator, organizer and activist, and has participated in more than 30 nonviolent civil disobedience actions, for which he has served in total more than one year in prison.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1538165392
• ISBN 13: 9781538165393
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 234