Researching Resistance and Social Change: A Critical Approach to Theory and Practice (Resistance Studies: Critical Engagements with Power and Social Change): 1

Mikael Baaz

ISBN 10: 1786601168 / ISBN 13: 9781786601162

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), 2017

About this Item

Provides a robust theoretical and methodological framework for researching of resistance and social change. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. . . 2017. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781786601162

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Researching Resistance and Social Change: A Critical Approach to Theory and Practice (Resistance Studies: Critical Engagements with Power and Social Change): 1
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786601168
• ISBN 13: 9781786601162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Resistance has often been connected with anti-social attitudes, destructiveness, reactionary or revolutionary ideologies, unusual and sudden explosions of violence and emotional outbursts. This book goes beyond these conventions.

Exploring various key questions, ranging from concept definitions of affect and temporality, to complex entanglements of various social dimensions and ethical questions, this accessible guide provides a robust theoretical and methodological framework for researching of resistance and social change.

By drawing connections between resistance and politics, between performance and everyday strategies, and between the juridical and its counter-strategies, this book provides students with a transdisciplinary understanding of contemporary debates in this emerging field.

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.