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Chafai, Habiba, Contextualising street sexual harassment in Morocco: a discriminatory sociocultural representation of women, 22 5 2017 , pp. 821-840

This study seeks to reveal the relationship between the stereotypical images of Moroccan girls and women and the violence that is often committed against them. It suggests that women’s location in the power structures of the family, school, media and the law, as well as their unequal access to the economic and political spheres, all contribute to fostering violent attitudes and practices against women in the public arena. The evolution of the status of women requires changes in their freedom-of-movement, security and emancipation. Future research should address women’s discourse and experiences of street harassment as well as its social meaning, prevalence, severity and impact.

Batista, Juliana, The Confucianism-Feminism conflict: Why a new understanding is necessary, , pp. smaller than 0

In this paper Juliana Batista discusses the interconnection between Confucianism and Feminism and their inherent conflict. However, she reaches the conclusion that they are not mutually incompatible.

White, Micah, The End of Protest: A New Playbook for Revolution, 2016 , pp. 336

This is a book examining what strategy protesters should adopt and critical of some common leftist assumptions, but is based on the author's role in the Occupy movement. He discusses Occupy at length, outlining its origins and reflecting on the tactic of occupation, and the movement's failure to adopt additional approaches and develop a movement capable of  promoting wider social change.

, Global Resistance to Fracking: Communities Rise Up to Fight Climate Crisis and Democratic Deficit, ed. Ridriguez, Samuel, Madrid, Libros en Accion, 2015 , pp. 153

This book, edited by the international coordinator of Ecologistas en Accion, covers 15 varied struggles against fracking around the world, and is intended to be a source of inspiration for continued resistance. Many are first person accounts, by those involved. Chapters cover personal opposition fracking in the courts or at the municipal level, resistance by local farmers to corporations backed by the government, as in Poland and Romania and the campaign for 'frack free' municipalities in the Basque territory of Spain. There are also accounts of resistance from Argentina, Algeria, South Africa, Australia, the UK (against drilling in Sussex) and Northern Ireland, and on the role of ATTA C in France. Includes a timeline and 'some snapshots' of the resistance, as well as some conclusions drawn by the editor.  

Costantini, Irene, The Iraqi Protest Movement: Social Mobilization amidst Violence and Instability, 2020 pp. smaller than 0

The author argues that social mobilization in Iraq, especially since 2011, has been politically significant, but not seriously analyzed. Her focus is to investigate 'nonviolent means to promote social and political change in violent contexts', which Iraq amply illustrates.  She compares waves of protest since 2011 and concludes that cyclical violence and political dysfunction are a major limitation on the effectiveness of protest, but that social mobilization also holds out the possibility of more positive political change.

Baker, Chris, The 2014 Thai Coup and Some Roots of Authoritarianism, 46 3 2016 , pp. 388-404

Baker argues that the purpose of the 2014 military coup was not only to end the influence of the radical Thaksin forces, but also to entrench authoritarianism.  He stresses the role of 'the professional and official elite' in promoting the coup and examines authoritarian tendencies in Thai politics and in Bangkok's middle class.

Schock, Kurt, Unarmed Insurrections: People Power Movements in Nondemocracies, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2005 , pp. 228

Seeks to address the lack of explicitly comparative analysis of how nonviolent methods promote political transformation. Examines success of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa (1983-90), and pro-democracy movements in the Philippines (1983-86), Nepal (1990) and Thailand (1991-92), and explores failure of such as movements in China (1989) and Burma (1988). Lists major actions in each movement. Includes analysis and criticism of ‘consent’ theory of power.

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Fairbanks, Charles, Georgia’s Rose Revolution, 15 April 2004 , pp. 110-134

Explains background to the demonstrations, and elaborates on role of the US government in relation to the elections, and of the George Soros Open Society Foundation in funding opposition and promoting nonviolent prkotest. Comments also on the role of TV stations owned by private entrepreneurs.

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Barros, Mercedes, Human Rights Movement and Discourse: Its Emergence and Constitution in Argentina, Villa Maria, Eduvim, 2012 , pp. 282

Lustick, Ian, Writing the Intifada: Collective action in the Occupied Territories, 45 4 (July) 1993 , pp. 560-594

Review article covering nine recent books, and providing overview of movement and noting the impact on the Arab world (Algeria and Jordan) and wider world.

Hurley, Judith, Brazil: A Troubled Journey to the Promised Land, In Philip McManus, Gerald Schlabach, Relentless Persistence: Nonviolent Action in Latin America (E. IV.1. General and Comparative Studies) Philadelphia PA, New Society Publishers, 2004 , pp. 174-196

The author, who founded a US support group for the landless, provides excerpts from her journal of visiting sites of land struggle in 1987. She notes intensified confrontations in 1980s between the landed elite and the landless, who resorted to lawsuits, demonstrations, fasts, vigils, marches, mock funerals and, above all, land occupations.

Joppke, Christian, Mobilizing Against Nuclear Energy: A Comparison of Germany and the United States, Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1993 , pp. 307

Coulson, Meg, Looking behind the Violent Break-up of Yugoslavia, 45 1993 , pp. 86-101

Examines post-1945 history of Yugoslavia and causes of its breakdown. Notes emerging feminist peace and ecological movement in the 1980s and the role of women in ongoing opposition to the war, including Serbian women demonstrating against the war with Croatia and demanding return of their husbands and sons.

Stephens, Robert, The Fire Next Time, Oct/Nov 2014 , , pp. 29-31

Uses interviews with Black organisers to discuss disagreements about the best strategy to build on the mobilization resulting from the 2014 Ferguson 'rebellion' triggered by the shooting of Mike Brown. Notes in particular conflict between those working through the electoral process and seeking reform, and those focusing on resistance to the white power structure.       

Duncan, Emma, Breaking the Curfew: A Political Journey through Pakistan, London, Arrow Books, 1990 , pp. 312

A journalist (now deputy editor of the Economist) provides her perspective on Pakistan in the 1980s.

May, Rachel, ”Surviving All Changes is Your Destiny”: Violence and Popular Movements in Guatemala, 26 2 1999 , pp. 68-91

Examines the impact of violence on popular movements and how they adapted.

Dalton, John, The Moral Vision of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement, New York, Harcourt Brace, 1988 , pp. 350

, Indigenous Peoples and the Nation State: ‘Fourth World’ Politics in Canada, Australia and Norway, ed. Dyck, Noel, St John’s Nfld, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1985 , pp. 263

McCrea, Frances; Markle, Gerald, Minutes to Midnight: Nuclear Weapons Protest in America 1950s-80s, Newbury Park CA, Sage, 1989 , pp. 200

Mama, Amina; Okazawa-Reis, Margo, Militarism, Conflict and Women’s Activism in the Global Environment: Challenges and Prospects for Women in three West African Countries, 101 (July) 2012 , pp. 97-123

Focus on examples from Nigerian, Sierra Leone and Liberian civil wars over several decades.

McCluskey, Conn, Up Off Their Knees: A Commentary on the Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Conn McCluskey & Associates, 1989 , pp. 245

Account of origins and development of the movement by an activist who played a key role in its foundation.

International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), ; ICF, , National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), 2015-16: India, Mumbai, IIPS, 2017 , pp. 637

A large scale survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India. It reports that 30% percent of women aged 15-49 in India have experienced physical violence since age 15, amongst many other forms of violence or discrimination, and the social context that makes it difficult to challenge. The National Family Health Survey 2018-2019 is yet to be published.

Rentschler, Carrie, #MeToo and Student Activism against Sexual Violence Communication, 11 3 2018 , pp. 503-507

This article examines how students organize and use media to address sexual violence, the problem of faculty/student relationships, and the failures of some institutional response. It notes, in particular, how students make sexual violence public through the use of open letters; how they create anonymous and informal online reporting platforms for students to disclose sexual violence; and how they model practices of accountability and survivor-centred care.

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