Author(s): Valerie J. Bunce, and Sharon L. Wolchik
In: Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol 39, No 3 (Special Issue ‘Democratic Revolutions in Post-Communist States’, ed. Taras Kuzio), 2006, pp. 283-302
Author(s): Valerie J. Bunce, and Sharon L. Wolchik
In: Journal of Democracy, Vol 17, No 4 (October), 2006, pp. 5-18
Analysis of ‘second wave of democratization’ in post-Communist states and why conditions in these states favourable to success, compared for example with failure of protests over fraudulent elections in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Cote d’Ivoire. See also by Valerie J. Bunce, Sharon L. Wolchik, International diffusion and postcommunist electoral revolutions, 2006 , pp. 283-302 , discussing five factors in the diffusion of electoral revolutions, including the development of civil society and networks between ‘international democracy promoters’.
Author(s): Valerie J. Bunce, and Sharon L. Wolchik
In: Journal of Democracy, Vol 20, No 3 (July), 2009, pp. 93-107
Discusses why since 1996 some authoritarian rulers have been ousted but in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus opposition failed (in two successive elections in each case).
Author(s): Sharon Quinsaat
In: Mobilizing Ideas, 2016
Focuses on the moderate non-partisan Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy (SEALD), examining its origins and scope and its roots in the humanitarian catastrophes of World War Two, especially Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
See also: McCurry, Justin, ‘New generation of Japanese anti-war protesters challenge Abe’, The Guardian, 16 September 2015.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/16/japanese-anti-war-protesters-challenge-shinzo-abe
Reports on the reasons given by young SEALD members for joining the movement.
See also: Takenaka, Kiyoshi, ‘Huge protest in Tokyo rails against PM Abe's security bills’, Reuters, 30 August 2015.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-politics-protest-idUSKCN0QZ0C320150830
https://mobilizingideas.wordpress.com/tag/social-movements-in-asia/
Author(s): Shaun Walker
In: Guardian Weekly, 2020, pp. 34-39
Walker analyzes how the protesters in Belarus in 2020 used the 'Nexta Live' channel (run by a young Belarusian man in Warsaw) on the Telegram messaging app. The app combines easy availability of information and advice - allowing rapid dissemination of instructions to protesters and advance organizing - with privacy. Governments have great difficulty in blocking channels on the app. Whilst focusing on the Belarus context, Walker also notes that the app is used by protesters in Hong Kong, in Russia and by Extinction Rebellion. It has also been used by Isis fighters - though Telegram has begun to try to prevent this. The creator of the app is a Russian now living abroad.
Author(s): Shazia Nigar
In: Asia Times, 2018
A brief analysis of the violence Dalit women experience in India. Dalit women – the ‘untouchables’ – suffer from gender and class-based violence more than Dalit men, non-Dalit men and non-Dalit women. Cases of rape are not reported or followed through due to social stigma and non-cooperation by police. The Ministry of the Home Affairs has signaled in its 2017-2018 report that rape and generally violence against women had been on the increase (See https://mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/MINISTRY%20OF%20HOME%20AFFAIR%20AR%202017-18%20FOR%20WEB.pdf).
A Dalit women’s collective met at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to speak against gender- and class-based violence. The collective release a report titled ‘Voices Against Caste Impunity: Narratives of Dalit Women in India’ that talks about the violence suffered and the struggles survivors go through to obtain justice with the aim that policy measures should be taken to address the issue.
Author(s): Shelley Rigger
In: Orbis, Vol 48, No 2 (spring), 2004, pp. 285-292
Discusses factors promoting relatively smooth and successful transition, including democratic elements, such as local elections, even under KMT rule, and international pressure to democratize after the US and international recognition of the People’s Republic of China. Examines how ‘evolutionary, peaceful, and protracted’ transition also resulted in compromises that created problems for future. Latter part of article examines obstacles to a fully satisfactory democratic system.
Author(s): Shelley Zalis
In: Forbes, 2017
Frames gender equality as a social and economic issue, rather than merely a female issue. It also touches upon three campaigns for gender equality: Feminism 1.0 launched by activist Gloria Steinem under the slogan ‘She For She’; Feminism 2.0 led by actress Emma Watson at the UN under the slogan ‘HeForShe’; and Modern FeMENism 3.0 developed under the slogan ‘We For We’ aimed at bringing men and women together to recognise that equality is in everyone’s best interest.
Author(s): Sheridan Swee
Vol Bachelor of Arts, University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy2019
'Ni Una Menos', an Argentine feminist movement, has spread throughout Latin America largely due to its use of social media. The organisation is able to hold to account both the Argentine government and society overall, keeping women’s rights in the spotlight. This study examines ‘Ni Una Menos’ Twitter account since its formation in 2015, in order to understand how the organization has evolved over time, and how it continues to fight for women’s rights.
Author(s): Shi Fayong
Dept of Sociology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2004, pp. 43
Author(s): Shi Fayong, and Yongshun Cai
In: The China Quarterly, Vol 186, 2006, pp. 314-332
Study of Shanghai home owners’ resistance that suggests that fragmentation of state power at local level provides opportunities for resistance, and that its success may be helped by social networks between participants in collective action and officials or media workers. See also Shi Fayong, Social Capital and Collective Resistance in Urban China Neighborhoods: a comunity movement in Shanghai, Singapore, Dept of Sociology, National University of Singapore, 2004 , pp. 43 , online.
http://china.praguesummerschools.org/files/china/13china2012.pdf
Editor(s): Shin Chiba, and Thomas Shoenbaum
Edward Elgar Publishing, Camberley Surrey, UK, 2008, pp. 256
This book provides scholarly Japanese and East Asian perspectives on how the September 11 2001 attack on the US changed the prospects for international peace. Other chapters explore pacifism from religious (Christian and Islamic) perspectives and also in relation to Kant's philosophy. Japan's postwar 'constitutional pacifism', and specific ways to promote peace in the 21st century are also discussed.
Author(s): Shiraz Maher
In: New Statesman, 2017, pp. 25-27
A detailed analysis of how Al Qaeda under various organizational guises have been taking over the opposition to Assad and marginalized the moderates, whilst claiming to pursue a 'middle path'. The author also warns that ISIS has not been wholly defeated.
Author(s): Shkelzen Gashi
Rrokulia Publishing House, Prishtina, pp. 240
Biography of long-term prisoner and human rights campaigner who was increasingly critical of Rugova’s ‘passive’ approach.
Author(s): Shkelzen Maliqi
Dukagjini, Peja/Pec, 1998, pp. 261
Author(s): Shritama Chatteriee
In: Edge Effects, 2021
This article positions the Indian farmers’ movement within a conversation about climate justice because a significant demography of farmers in India are dependent on rainfall for the growth of crops. The author highlights that due to uneven rainfall patterns caused by climate change, instances of drought and rainfall are frequent, leading to a feeling of uncertainty about rainfall and sense of insecurity about crops.
https://edgeeffects.net/trolley-times-india-farmers-protests/
Author(s): Shyrissa Dobbins-Harris
In: National Black Law Journal 26, Vol 26, No 85, 2017, pp. 1-44
Abortion by Black women is often blamed on white women and their feminist ideology is seen as an insidious tool to further eradicate Black people in America, a view held by some anti-choice and self-proclaimed anti-racists, as well as some Black anti-choice activists. This article explores the myth of abortion as Black genocide as it pertains to Black women and their reproductive rights and the arguments used to promote this belief. After defining genocide and the stereotypes used by proponents of the abortion as Black genocide myth in Part I, Part II identifies and describes the past and current proponents of the myth. In Part III, the myth is placed within the ‘herstory’ umbrella, while part IV explores the myth in its current form, including examples of outreach and advertisements by its proponents. Finally, Part V showcases Black women's robust response to this myth and highlights their continued participation in the struggle for Black liberation.
Author(s): Sian Howys
In: John Bierley, Gathering Visions, Gathering Strength, Bradford and London, GVGS Publishing Group and Peace News, 1998 , pp. 13-15
Author(s): Sidney Tarrow
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, 1998, pp. 271Originally published: 1993
Author(s): Sidney Tarrow
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, 2005, pp. 258
A survey by one of the major theorists of social movements, that includes some reference to the role of civil resistance.