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These references supplement the Knowledge Base Essay, Peaceful Change Strategies.
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Additional Explanations of the Underlying Concepts: Online (Web) Sources Weiser, Ricky. Constructive Confrontation: Nuts and Bolts Advice for Activists. Available at: Primary Link [Backup Link] This paper is an edited transcript of a talk given by Ricky Weiser for the Intractable Conflict/Constructive Confrontation Project on April 10, 1993. It talks about the micro-level of citizen advocacy and how a single, private citizen can interface with the political realities of city councils, county commissioners, and even higher-level governmental organizations. But, primarily it focuses on how to accomplish things at the local level. This will also include methods of resolving conflicts in the local political sphere. Six Steps for Nonviolent Social Change. The King Center. Available at: http://www.thekingcenter.org/prog/non/6steps.html [Backup Link] This website gives six steps for nonviolent social change, which are derived from the essay "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in Why We Can't Wait, New York: Penguin Books, 1963. United States Institute of Peace. Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: Lessons from the Past, Ideas for the Future. Available at: http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr87.html [Backup Link] This report covers the outcome of a USIP conference that was set up to bring together practitioners of nonviolent conflict, in order for them to share their experiences with each other and the international community. The report outlines the themes and nonviolent change strategies that the participants identified as effective. Offline (Print) Sources Wehr, Paul. Conflict Regulation. Westview Press: Boulder, CO, 1979. This work presents a general framework for analyzing and understanding conflict. This early work in the field of conflict resolution explains the basics of conflict mapping at the micro and macro levels. It also includes case studies of "self-limiting" conflict and discusses the emergence of alternative dispute resoution processes in solving environmental conflicts in Colorado mountain communities. Borman, William. Gandhi and Nonviolence. Albany: State University of New York Press, October 1, 1986. "This manuscript analyzes Gandhian non-violence. The analysis is able, thorough and -- this is what I most respond to -- marked both by rigorous Western-style scrutiny and a familiarity with Gandhi's philosophical and religious roots. He provides a strong theoretical basis for the instinctive reactions of many of Gandhi' s non-violence, for the widespread and commonsense belief that in general non-violence is sound and beneficial but that non-violent extremism may not be. His treatment of Gandhian non-violence in the context of Indian philosophy and metaphysics is of high caliber. His approach is both fresh and successful." -- Rajmohan Gandhi. Sharp, Gene. Methods of Nonviolent Action: Politics of Nonviolent Action, Part 2. Boston: Porter Sargent Pub., January 1, 1973. The Methods of Nonviolent Action describes nearly two-hundred specific methods of nonviolent action. Primary Link Curle, Adam and Máire A. Dugan. "Peacemaking: Stages and Sequence." Peace and Change 8, 1982. Examples Illustrating this Topic: Online (Web) Sources United States Institute of Peace. Zimbabwe and the Prospects for Nonviolent Political Change. Available at: http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr109.html [Backup Link] This USIP special report details the efforts of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), who have been employing nonviolent methods to try and instigate political change in Zimbabwe. The report examines the roles and strategies of key domestic actors in recent years and provides insights into the possible nature of transition. The conclusion argues that international mediation must be coupled with forms of domestic pressure if a transitional authority (the preferred peaceful option) is to be attained. Offline (Print) Sources Ackerman, Peter and Jack Duvall. A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict. New York: Palgrave, 2000. "In this tour de force, Peter Ackerman, an authority on nonviolent strategy, and Jack DuVall, a veteran writer, show how popular movements used nonviolent action to overthrow dictators, obstruct military invaders and secure human rights in country after country, over the past century. A gripping cavalcade of far-flung locations and history-changing crises, the book depicts how nonviolent sanctions--such as protests, strikes and boycotts--separate brutal regimes from their means of control. It tells inside stories--how Danes outmaneuvered the Nazis, Solidarity defeated Polish communism, and mass action removed a Chilean dictator--and also how nonviolent power is changing the world today, from Burma to Serbia. Studded with colorful characters--such as Leo Tolstoy and Mohandas Gandhi, Lech Walesa and the mothers of the disappeared in Argentina?the book is a companion to a new PBS series and a feature--length documentary now at film festivals worldwide." -Palgrave Press Primary Link [Backup Link] "Colombia: Zones of Peace in the Heart of a Bitter War." In People Building Peace: 35 Inspiring Stories From Around the World. Edited by European Centre for Conflict Prevention, ed. Utrecht: European Centre for Conflict Prevention, 1999. The chapter reviews the creation of Zones of Peace in the Colombian civil war and evaluates their success. Martin, Barry, Wendy Varney and Adrian Vickers. "Political Jiu-Jitsu against Indonesian Repression: Studying Lower-Profile Nonviolent Resistance." Pacifica Review 13:2, June 1, 2001. This article discusses three examples of non-violent social action in Indonesia: the successful removal of President Suharto in 1998, and the anti-communist massacres of the sixties and two decades of repression in East Timor, in which non-violent protest was "less visible and less effective." McCarthy, William and Christopher Kruegler, eds. Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-Ip to Women's Sufferage.. New York and London: Garland Publishing Co., 1997. This encyclopedia of nonviolent has in-depth references about the peaceful struggles that have taken place in the past century. "The Continuation of the People's Power Revolution in the Philippines." In People Building Peace: 35 Inspiring Stories From Around the World. Edited by European Centre for Conflict Prevention, ed. Utrecht: European Centre for Conflict Prevention, 1999. Discusses the creation of Peace Zones as Hungduan resolved to push out both the guerrila New People's Army as well as the national military. Audiovisual Materials on this Topic: Online (Web) Sources San Francisco's 'Sleeping Giant' Awakes School Policy Spurs Asian-American Activism. NPR. September 10, 2002. Available at: Primary Link [Backup Link] This audio clip discusses the controversy over school integration in San Francisco that has spurred the city's normally apolitical Asian-American community to action. The issue shows just how powerful this constituency has become in California. Offline (Print) Sources Femmes aux yeux ouverts / Women With Open Eyes . Directed and/or Produced by: Folly, Anne-Laure. California Newsreel. 1994. This film shows how African women are speaking out and organizing around five key issues: marital rights, reproductive health, female genital mutilation, women's role in the economy and political rights. Primary Link [Backup Link] |
