Women, Militarism and War: Essays in History, Politics and Social Theory
2nd edn. (with new epilogue)Editor(s): Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Sheila Tobias
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1995, pp. 318Originally published: 1990
The Chinese Labor Movement 1919-1927
Author(s): Jean Chesneaux
Stanford University Press, Stanford CA, 1968
Never the Same Again: Women and the Miners’ Strike
Author(s): Jean Stead
Women's Press, London, 1987, pp. 177
The Hard Lessons of Cameroon
Author(s): Jean-Germain Gros
In: Journal of Democracy, Vol 6, No 3 (July), 1995, pp. 112-127
Includes comments on the role of the French government in supporting Biya.
Democratization in Late Twentieth Century Africa: Coping with Uncertainty
Editor(s): Jean-Germain Gros
Greenwood Press, Westport CT and London, 1998, pp. 162
Contributors to this book include democracy activists as well as scholars, who look critically at the process of democratization in: Malawi, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Ghana and Gabon. The focus is not on institutions but on leadership, and also on the role of the military and churches in the reform process.
L’Imperatif de Désobeissance, Fondements Philosophique et Stratégiques de la Désobeissance Civil
Author(s): Jean-Marie Muller
Le Passager Clandestin2011, pp. 281
The author analyses the foundation texts and historic campaigns of civil disobedience in France and in the world. He constructs a definition of the concept understood as both an ethical imperative and a form of nonviolent direct action.
Principes Et Méthodes De L'intervention Civile
Author(s): Jean-Marie Muller
Desclée de Brouwer, Paris, 1997, pp. 176
A key resource on the French approach to international civilian peace intervention as an alternative to military or humanitarian intervention in conflict zones. It has been translated in Italian and Portuguese.
Simone Weil. L’Esigenza Della Nonviolenza
Author(s): Jean-Marie Muller
Edizioni Gruppo Abele, Torino, 1994, pp. 188
This work discusses Weils’s nonviolent militancy during the 1930s and 1940s and highlights her rejection of violence as the epicentre of Weil’s discussions on economy, politics, philosophy and religion.
The Principle of Nonviolence: A Philosophical Path
Author(s): Jean-Marie Muller
Center for Global Nonkilling, Honolulu, 2014, pp. 273
The goal of this book is to develop a philosophical concept of nonviolence, aiming to challenge the ideology that violence is necessary, legitimate and honourable.
Available online at:
http://nonkilling.org/center/download/the-principle-of-nonviolence-a-philosophical-path/
Stratégie De L'Action Non-violente
Author(s): Jean-Marie Muller
Le Seuil, Col. Points Politique, Paris, 1981, pp. 256
This book has become a key reference on the subject of nonviolent action, and notably was circulated clandestinely in Poland after 1981. It has been translated in Italian, Spanish, Polish, Croatian and Arabic.
Le Dictionnaire De La Non-violence
Author(s): Jean-Marie Muller
Le Relie de poche, Paris, 2005, pp. 410
This encyclopaedia by leading French theorist compiles and analyses key words in the philosophy of nonviolence, as well as strategic components for effective nonviolent action.
Le Principe De La Non-violence. Parcours Philosophique
Author(s): Jean-Marie Muller
Desclée de Brouwer, Paris, 1995, pp. 328
The goal of this book is to develop a philosophical concept of non-violence to challenge the ideology that violence is necessary, legitimate and honourable.
The Summer Before the Frost: Solidarity in Poland
Author(s): Jean-Yves Potel
Pluto Press, London, 1982, pp. 229
Eye-witness account of early stages, combined with broader analysis. Includes notes on key individuals and organizations and a chronology.
La Guerre Par Actions Civiles: Identité d’Une Stratégie De Défense
Author(s): Jeanet Marichez, and Xavier Olagne
Fondation pour les Etudes de Défense, Paris, 1998
This book aims to sensitise policy-makers and especially those active in the security sector, to the strategic utility of mass-based civilian resistance, and its potential use for national defence purposes.
AIDS, Race and the Rise and Decline of a Militant Oppositional Lesbian and Gay Politics in the US
Author(s): Jeff Edwards
In: New Political Science, Vol 22, No 4, 2000, pp. 485-506
Available online as PDF at:
http://courses.arch.vt.edu/courses/wdunaway/gia5274/edwards00.pdf
Emotion Work in High-Risk Social Movements: Managing Fear in the US and East German Civil Rights Movements
Chapter 16
Author(s): Jeff Goodwin, and Steven Pfaff
In: Jeff Goodwin, Francesca Polletta, James M. Jasper, Passionate Politics: Emotions and Social Movements (A. 6. Nonviolent Action and Social Movements), pp. 282-302
Environmental Politics in Japan: Networks of Power and Protest
Author(s): Jeffrey Broadbent
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998, pp. 418
Examines dilemma of growth versus environmentalism, and how Japan has resolved it, with focus on how anti-pollution protests 1960s-1973 changed government policy , using the movement in one prefecture as a case study.
Mexico’s disputed election
Author(s): Luis Rubio, and Jeffrey Davidow
In: Foreign Affairs, Vol 85, No 5 (September/October), 2006, pp. 75-85
Argues that the July election represented a choice between continuing economic liberalization and a return to the past, but neither provided a solution to Mexico’s problems.
Student Protests in Twentieth Century China
Author(s): Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
Stanford University Press, Stanford CA, 1991
Student protests in fin-de-siecle China
Author(s): Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
In: New Left Review, No 237 (September/October), 1999, pp. 52-76
Discusses 1999 student demonstrations against the NATO bombing of Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, comparing them with earlier 1919 and June 1989 protests. Argues that, despite official support and encouragement, the 1999 protests did reflect significant degree of student autonomy and included allusion to 1989.