Civil Resistance and Democracy Promotion

This book examines transnational civil society-based democracy-promoting resistance activities in Asia in a global era, focusing on the cases of Myanmar and Palestine. The work contributes to our understanding of the nexus between globalization, power and democracy by examining: (i) the ways in whic...

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description This book examines transnational civil society-based democracy-promoting resistance activities in Asia in a global era, focusing on the cases of Myanmar and Palestine. The work contributes to our understanding of the nexus between globalization, power and democracy by examining: (i) the ways in which globalization/global governance are influencing various resistance practices of the civil societies in Myanmar and Palestine, and what this means for local democracy promotion; and (ii) the ways in which these two civil societies influence and have a democracy-promoting impact on their respective communities. It is guided by the overarching question of how civil society-based resistance contributes to local democracy in Myanmar and Palestine. The book is structured as follows: both civil resistance cases begin with an overview of each country’s non-violent resistance history, and the findings are then presented for the two cases, i.e., the pro-democracy movements in the Saffron uprising in Myanmar and the Bil’in village struggle against the Israeli Security Barrier plans to build through their farmlands. Then follows a presentation of the life-story interview made with two members from the respective campaigns. A concluding chapter proposes some new theoretical insights for how civil resistance can impact on democracy. The book empirically and theoretically contributes to our understanding of how civil society-based resistance and democracy interrelate in a global era. This book will be of much interest to students of civil resistance, democracy, Asian studies, Middle Eastern studies and international relations in general.
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spellingShingle Civil society
Transnational activism
Civic resistance
Nonviolent protest strategies
Democracy
Global governance
Global governance impact
Asian political movements
Palestine
Middle Eastern civil society
Myanmar
Qualitative case studies
Constructive Resistance
Nonviolent resistance in Myanmar and Palestine
Civil Resistance
Civil Resistance Campaign
Military Junta
Resistance Campaign
Al Aqsa Intifada
UN
Aung San Suu Kyi
Israeli High Court
Civil Resistance Activities
Democracy Impact
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history
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Schulz, Michael
Civil Resistance and Democracy Promotion
title Civil Resistance and Democracy Promotion
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title_short Civil Resistance and Democracy Promotion
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topic Civil society
Transnational activism
Civic resistance
Nonviolent protest strategies
Democracy
Global governance
Global governance impact
Asian political movements
Palestine
Middle Eastern civil society
Myanmar
Qualitative case studies
Constructive Resistance
Nonviolent resistance in Myanmar and Palestine
Civil Resistance
Civil Resistance Campaign
Military Junta
Resistance Campaign
Al Aqsa Intifada
UN
Aung San Suu Kyi
Israeli High Court
Civil Resistance Activities
Democracy Impact
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms::JPVH Human rights, civil rights
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms
topic_facet Civil society
Transnational activism
Civic resistance
Nonviolent protest strategies
Democracy
Global governance
Global governance impact
Asian political movements
Palestine
Middle Eastern civil society
Myanmar
Qualitative case studies
Constructive Resistance
Nonviolent resistance in Myanmar and Palestine
Civil Resistance
Civil Resistance Campaign
Military Junta
Resistance Campaign
Al Aqsa Intifada
UN
Aung San Suu Kyi
Israeli High Court
Civil Resistance Activities
Democracy Impact
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history
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