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2009
Colombia – Nonviolent Movement for Peace and Global solidarity, García-Durán, Mauricio , London, p.12, (2009)
Community Unionism: A Comparative Analysis of Concepts and Contexts, Greenwood, Ian, and McBride Jo , Basingstoke, p.264, (2009)
Explores the diverse meanings of community unionism, provides case studies from the UK – the ‘London’s living wage’ campaign, and activism by black and minority workers and migrant workers – and from Japan, Australia and the US.
Comparing Oranges and Apples: The Internal and External Dimensions of Russia’s Turn Away from Democracy, Stoner-Weiss, Kathryn , New York, p.21, (2009)
Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, Wittner, Lawrence S. , Stanford CA, p.272, (2009)
A greatly condensed version of his three volume history (listed individually).
Conscientious Objection: Resisting Militarized Society, Cinar, Ozgur Heval, and Usterci Coskun , London, p.272, (2009)
Collections of essays: Part 1 comprises Turkish experience and viewpoints; Part 2 examines conscientious objection from gender perspectives; Part 3 examines C.O. struggles in different parts of the world and Part 4 looks at conscientious objection and the law.
Contagion Deterred: Pre-emptive Authoritarianism in the Former Soviet Union (the Case of Belarus), Silitski, Vitali , New York, p.26, (2009)
Creative Responses to Separation: Israeli and Palestinian Joint Activism in Bil’in, Carter Hallward, Maia , Volume 46, Issue 4 (July), p.18, (2009)
On a key focus of protest against the ‘Apartheid Wall’.
Cross-border Nonviolent Advocacy in the Second Palestinian Intifada : The International Solidarity Movement, Dudouet, Véronique , London, p.10, (2009)
Cultural Context and Social Movement Outcomes: Conscientious Objectors and Draft Resistance Movement Organizations in Israel, Zemlinskaya, Yulia , Volume 14, Issue 4 (Dec), p.18, (2009)
Comparative analysis of two Israeli organizations supporting conscientious objection and draft resistance during the Second Palestinian Intifada, exploring impact of Israeli culture on tactics and how different tactics of two organizations have different impact in Israel.
Das Verstaendnis von Wahrhaftigkeit – ein Wegweiser durch Gandhis Leben anlaesslich seines 140. Geburtstages, Dieter, Anne, Hillmer Marianna, and Szilat Julia , Issue 2, p.11, (2009)
On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 140th birthday the authors offer a guide to understanding Gandhi’s personality and life through different chapters in his life, for example the role of his family, his youth and the long period in South Africa.
Debating the color revolutions, Journal of Democracy , Volume 20, Issue 1 (January), p.29, (2009)
including contributions from Valerie Bunce and Sharon Wolchik, Mark Beissinger, Charles Fairbanks, Vitali Silitksy and Martin Dimitrou, with reply by Lucan Way
Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World, Bunce, Valerie J., McFaul Michael, and Stoner-Weiss Kathryn , New York, p.360, (2009)
Examines waves of change in 11 former communist nations, from 1989-1992, and the electoral defeat of authoritarian rulers from 1996 to 2005 in Bulgaria, Slovakia, Serbia, Georgia and Ukraine. This volume looks in particular at issues of transmission and the role of transnational and international actors, with a particular focus on the role of the EU. The final section discusses the conundrum posed by political developments in Russia, and also Belarus and Kyrgyzstan. Individual chapters are also cited under particular countries.
Developing Strategy for Accompaniment, Eguren, Luis Enrique , p.10, (2009)
Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia’s Challenge to Globalization, Shultz, Jim, and Draper Melissa Crane , Berkeley CA, p.352, (2009)
A Diplomat’s Handbook for Democracy Development Support, Kinsman, Jeremy, and Bassuener Kurt , Washington, DC, p.450, (2009)
Tips for diplomats on how they can more effectively support local pro-democracy g roups facing repressive regimes. Case studies from South Africa, Ukraine, Chile, Belarus, Burma/Myanamar, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Direct Action: An Ethnography, Graeber, David , Edinburgh and Oakland CA, p.592, (2009)
Participant observation study of Global Justice Movement, centred on case study of Summit of the Americas in Quebec City 2001.
Egypt: The Moment of Change, El-Mahdi, Rabab, and Marfleet Philip , London, p.186, (2009)
Analysis of the Mubarak regime and its policies, the nature of political Islam, and (most relevant here) a chapter on ‘The democracy movement: Cycles of protest’, pp. 87-102, which provides background to Tahrir Square.
Electoral Protests and Democratization: Beyond the Color Revolutions, Kalandadze, Katya, and Orenstein Mitchel , Volume 42, Issue 11 (November), p.23, (2009)
Sceptical assessment of role of popular protest in achieving genuine democratic change.
External Financing of opposition movements, Johansen, Jørgen , London, p.8, (2009)
Critical assessment of external financing in historical perspective.
Facts Are Subversive: Political Writing from a Decade Without a Name, Garton Ash, Timothy , London, p.464, (2009)
Foreword to the Paperback Edition : The Arab Spring, Roberts, Adam, and Garton Ash Timothy , New York, p.5, (2009)
a preliminary attempt to assess the uprisings from a civil resistance perspective
Future Prospects for Islam and Democracy: a view from the Maldives, Shaheed, Ahmed , Volume 3, Issue 4, p.8, (2009)
Then foreign minister addresses the question ‘how did a 100% Muslim country, acting in tandem with the international community, … peacefully turn centuries of autocratic rule into something resembling a functioning liberal democracy?’
Gandhi and Civil Resistance in India, 1917-1947: Key Issues, Brown, Judith M. , Oxford, p.15, (2009)
Gender and Sexuality in 1968: Transformative Politics in the Cultural Imagination, Frazer, Lessie Jo, and Cohen Deborah , Basingstoke, p.264, (2009)
Georgia’s Rose Revolution: From Regime Weakness to Regime collapse, Welt, Cory , New York, p.34, (2009)

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