Civil Resistance and Violent Conflict in Latin America Mobilizing for Rights /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mouly, Cécile (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hernández Delgado, Esperanza (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Studies of the Americas
• Subjects: Latin America-Politics and government.; Peace.; Violence.; Crime.; Latin American Politics.; Conflict Studies.; Peace Studies.; Violence and Crime.

This book explores distinct forms of civil resistance in situations of violent conflict in cases across Latin America, drawing important lessons learned for nonviolent struggles in the region and beyond. The authors analyze campaigns against armed actors in situations of internal armed conflict, aga...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Civil Resistance in Contexts of Violent Conflict in Latin America: Leveraging Power to Defend One's Rights
• 2. The Civil Resistance of Yaqui and Guarijio in Sonora, Mexico: Meanings, Scope and Challenges
• 3. A Rebellion of Spirituality: On the Power of Indigenous Civil Resistance in Honduras
• 4. Qué Diría Carlos? The 'No al Canal' Movement and the Rhetoric of Resistance to Nicaragua's 'Grand Canal'
• 5. Venezuelan Struggle towards Democratization: The 2017 Civil Resistance Campaign
• 6. Alternative Forms of Civilian Noncooperation with Armed Groups: The Case of Samaniego in Colombia
• 7. Civil Resistance and Peacebuilding: The Experience of the Peasant Worker Association of the Carare River
• 8. Nonviolent Resistance in the Struggle for Housing in Urban Areas of Brazil: The Direct Action of the Roofless Workers' Movement
• 9. Frames in Conflict: Discursive Contestation and the Transformation of Resistance
• 10. Nonviolent Resistance in Plurinational Bolivia: The TIPNIS Case
• 11. Conclusion: Civil Resistance in Latin America: A Viable Alternative for Ordinary People to Defend their Rights.