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Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall
A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
(Hardback: New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000; Paperback: New York, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2001) |
Peter Ackerman and Christopher Kruegler
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: The Dynamics of People Power in the Twentieth Century
Read book review here
(Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993) |
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Gene Sharp
The
Politics of Nonviolent Action, Part I, Power and Struggle
(Boston, MA: Porter Sargent Publishers, 1973)
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Gene Sharp
Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential
(Boston, MA: Porter Sargent Publishers, 2005) |
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Kurt Schock
Unarmed
Insurrections: People Power Movements in Nondemocracies
Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, 2004) |
Dennis Dalton
Mahatma
Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action
(New York: Columbia University Press, 2001) |
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Vaclav Havel
The
Power of the Powerless
(New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1990) |
Sidney Tarrow
Power
in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics
(Cambridge University Press, 1998) |
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Stephen Zunes et al,
eds.
Nonviolent
Social Movements: A Geographical Perspective
(Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1999) |
Michael Nagler
Is
There No Other Way? The Search for a Nonviolent Future
(Berkeley: Berkeley Hills Books, 2001) |
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Robert Helvey
On
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: Thinking about the Fundamental
(Boston, MA: The Albert Einstein Institution, 2004) |
Jacques Semelin
Unarmed
Against Hitler: Civilian Resistance in Europe, 1939-1943
(Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993) |
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Books available through the Albert
Einstein Institution, related to the strategic use of
nonviolent struggle:
www.aeinstein.org/books_index.html |
Books Listed in Resources
of "A Force More Powerful" web site:
www.aforcemorepowerful.org/
resources/resBooks.htm |
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Selected Bibliography
by Catherine Morris, on "Nonviolence, Nonviolent Direct
Action and Civil Disobedience":
www.peacemakers.ca/bibliography/
bib37nonviolentdirect.html |
Paul Loeb
The
Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope
in a Time of Fear
Peter Ackerman & Jack DuVall adapted and contributed
a chapter from A Force More Powerful for this acclaimed
anthology. |
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American Harvest
The Right Side of the Law (PDF)
Peter Ackerman and Michael Glennon
Autumn, 2007 |
Skills or Conditions: What Key Factors Shape the Success or Failure of Civil Resistance? (PDF)
Peter Ackerman
Conference on Civil Resistance and Power Politics
March 15-18, 2007 |
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The Right
to Rise Up:
People Power and the Virtues of Civic Disruption (PDF)
Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall
May, 2006 |
The Fletcher Forum
of World Affairs, Tufts University
Fighting for Statehood: The Role of Civilian-Based Resistance in the East Timorese, Palestinian, and Kosovo Albanian Self-Determination Movements (PDF)
Maria J. Stephan
May, 2006 |
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Sojourners Magazine
Defying Violence with Democracy: Why grassroots civil society is key to the future of Iraq (PDF)
Cynthia Boaz and Jack DuVall
September/October, 2006 |
The Sunday Times
Regime Reversal
Jack DuVall
April 23, 2006 |
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Journal of Military and Strategic Studies
A Battlefield Transformed: From Guerilla Resistance to Mass Nonviolent Struggle in the Western Sahara (PDF)
Maria Stephan and Jacob Mundy
Spring, 2006 |
The Economist
A Rainbow of Revolutions
January 19, 2006 |
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International Herald Tribune
Iran's future? Watch the streets
Peter Ackerman
January 5, 2006 |
The Times
CORRECTION: A Force More Powerful nonviolent strategy game
November 17, 2005 |
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Reflecting on Rosa Parks’ International Legacy
Maria J. Stephan
November, 2005 |
The Washington Post
Zigging and Zagging Toward Democracy
Adrian Karatnycky
November 15, 2005 |
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Harvard International Review
People
Power Primed: Civilian Resistance and Democratization (PDF)
Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall
Summer, 2005 |
Financial Times
Democratic
views akin to Lincoln's
Jack DuVall
June 29, 2005 |
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Financial Times
Emerging
democracies not reliant on west
Giorgi Meladze
June 29, 2005 |
The Guardian
From
Belgrade to Baku, activists gather to swap notes
on how to topple dictators
Ian Traynor
June 6, 2005 |
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The Boston Globe
/ boston.com
War
by other means
Laura Secor
May 29, 2005 |
The Independent
The
Tulip Revolution must not go wrong now
Shaazka Beyerle
March 28, 2005 |
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The Washington
Post
Have
Faith in People Power
Peter Ackerman
March 18, 2005 |
Dar Al Hayat
Lebanon's
Nonviolent Intifada: Arab People Power Arrives
Abderahim Sabir and Shaazka Beyerle
March 4, 2005 |
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The
Christian Science Monitor
Lebanon: future shock for Arab leaders?
Dennis Ross
March 4, 2005
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Foreign Policy in Focus
Recognizing
the Power of Nonviolent Action
Stephan Zunes
March, 2005 |
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The International
Herald Tribune
The
Real Threat to Kim
Young Howard
February 25, 2004 |
The International
Herald Tribune
The
secret to success in Ukraine
Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall
December 29, 2004 |
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The
Boston Globe
'People
power' wins in Ukraine
Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall
December 26, 2004 |
Chicago Sun-Times
Peaceful
protest brings justice to Ukraine
Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall cited December 14, 2004 |
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Canberra Times,
Australia
People
Power, A Force To Be Reckoned With
December 14, 2004
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The Guardian, London
'The
country called me' - Ukraine's newly sovereign society is throwing
off the governing mob
Timothy Garton Ash
December 9, 2004 |
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Reason Online
The
East Turned Upside Down: Carnival and Conspiracy
in Ukraine
Jack DuVall quoted at length
November 30, 2004
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Sojourners Magazine
Mullahs,
Nukes and the People: Which Way Forward in Iran?
Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall
November, 2004 |
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Sojourners Magazine
Nonviolence
in Najaf? Will
we recognize an Islamic peace movement when we
see it?
Rose Marie Berger
November, 2004 |
United Press International
Outside view - Part 1: Liberation by the people
Outside view - Part 2: Supplanting terror
Jack DuVall
September 22, 2004 |
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Presentation
at 5th Annual Conference of the Center for the Study of Islam
and Democracy
Establishing
Justice: The Role of the People
Jack DuVall
May 29, 2004 |
United Press International
Is
Nonviolent Change More Effective?
Leah Krauss
May 20, 2004 |
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The Left Coast web site
Toppling
a Tyrant: The Search for a Nonviolent Solution in Iraq
April 1, 2004 |
Sojourners Magazine
Liberation
Without War
Jack DuVall
February, 2004 |
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The Washington Post
Tbilisi's
'Revolution of Roses' Mentored by Serbian Activists
Peter Baker
November 25, 2003 |
The Christian Science Monitor
The Twilight of the Tyrants
Peter Ford
December 19, 2003 |
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The Christian Science Monitor
The
Nonviolent Script for Iran
Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall
July 22, 2003
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National Catholic
Reporter Online
How
Serbian students brought dictator down without a shot fired
Peter Ackerman
April 26, 2002
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Presentation
at the US State Department
Between
Hard and Soft Power: The Rise of Civilian-Based Struggle and
Democratic Change
Peter Ackerman
June 29, 2004
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USIP Special Report;
United States Institute of Peace
Strategic
Nonviolent Conflict: Lessons from the Past, Ideas for the Future,
Special Report from the U.S. Institute of Peace
Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall
May 1, 2002 |
PS
Online; American Political Science Association
Nonviolent
Power in the Twentieth Century
Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall
June, 2000 |
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Peace Watch Online; United States
Institute of Peace
Nonviolent
Struggles Against Repressive Regimes
February 2002 |
Sojourners Magazine
With
Weapons of the Will: How to Topple Saddam Hussein - Nonviolently
Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall
September 2002
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Sojourners Magazine
Nonviolence
in Najaf? Will
we recognize an Islamic peace movement when we see it?
Rose Marie Berger
November, 2004
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The Wall Street Journal
Wonder
Land Iraq's Democrats Look for Support From a Democracy (link
on Spirit of America site)
Daniel Henninger
October 22, 2004, PA16 |
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The Christian Science Monitor
The
Lessons of Popular Revolts
Peter Ford
January 27, 2003 |
kubatana.net
Modern
Tools Bring Power To The People
Jonathan Manthorpe, The Vancouver Sun
November 4, 2002 |
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National Catholic Reporter Online
Regime
Change Without Bloodshed
Claire Schaeffer-Duffy
November 15, 2002 |
The Iranian
More
Powerful Force, Open Letter to Palestinians and Israelis
Majid Tehranian
October 25, 2000 |
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The Fletcher; Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
"People
Power" in an Age of Terror?
Maria Stephan
December 2001 |
Reason Online; Reason
Foundation
Resistant
Tactics
Ted Galen Carpenter
January 1995 |
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Salon.com
Dictator
Downturn
Laura Rozen
February 3, 2001 |
Spirituality.com
A
Nonviolent Approach
Interview with Peter Ackerman
September 18, 2002 |
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Peace Magazine
Editorial
on Nonviolent Revolution in Iraq
April - June, 2003 |
The Christian Science
Monitor
The
Twilight of the Tyrants
Peter Ford
December 19, 2003 |
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The Christian Science
Monitor
The Nonviolent
Script for Iran
Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall
July 22, 2003 |
New Internationalist
Interview
with Gene Sharp
Noreen Shanahan
November 22, 2001 |
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World Electronic Media Forum
Global
Media, Non-Violent Power and Democratic Change
Geneva, Switzerland, December 2003 |
World Electronic Media Forum
World
Violence, Media Violence
Geneva, Switzerland, December 2003 |
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The Albert Einstein Institution
From
Dictatorship to Democracy (PDF)
Gene Sharp |
The Albert Einstein Institution
There
are Realistic Alternatives (PDF)
Gene Sharp |
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The Albert Einstein Institution
The
Anti-Coup (PDF)
Gene Sharp and Bruce Jenkins |
New Internationalist
A
Radical Peace
Bob Overy
June, 1984 |
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A FORCE MORE
POWERFUL |
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Selected web pages related to A Force
More Powerful, a three-hour documentary series on nonviolent
struggles in the 20th century, written, directed and produced
by Steve York (York
Zimmerman Inc.) |
A
Force More Powerful
series primary site |
A
Force More Powerful
PBS/WETA
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Public Reviews and Comments on A Force
More Powerful |
The
Mighty Power of Nonviolence
Nat Hentoff
Television Series Review; Dominion Post
Morgantown, West Virginia
September 4,
2000 |
Where
Nonviolence Worked
Colman McCarthy
Television Series Review; NCR Online
National Catholic Reporter
Washington, DC
September 8,
2000 |
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A
Training Manual in Nonviolent Revolution: How To Change
the World
Rose Marie Berger
Television Series and Book Review
Culture Watch; Sojourners Magazine
Washington, DC
September-October
2000 |
How
to Crush Oppression Without Killing Justice
Joshua Rubenstein
Book Review; The Christian Science Monitor
Boston, Massachusetts
October 12, 2000 |
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Documentary
Tracks Victories of Nonviolent Strategies for Change
Gail Russell Chaddock
Film Review; The Christian Science Monitor
Boston, Massachusetts
November 2,
1999 |
The
Sinking Dictator
Jim Hoagland
Washington Post
Washington, DC
September 29,
2000 |
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A
Force More Powerful
Featured Book; Resources for Peace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Video
Nonviolence
John Leonard
Television Review; New York Magazine
New York, NY
September 18, 2000 |
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"Conflict Without the Fighting"
New Zealand Herald
Auckland, New Zealand
October 6, 2001
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A
Force More Powerful
Book Reviews and Information; Amazon.com |
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BRINGING DOWN
A DICTATOR |
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Selected web pages related to Bringing
Down a Dictator, a one-hour documentary on the nonviolent
overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia, written, directed
and produced by Steve York (York
Zimmerman Inc.) |
Bringing
Down a Dictator
PBS/WETA |
62nd
Annual George Foster Peabody Awards
April 2, 2003 |
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Bringing
Down a Dictator
Winner; 2002 IDA/ABCNEWS VideoSource Award
International Documentary Association
Los Angeles, California
2002 |
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Public Reviews and Comments on Bringing
Down a Dictator |
History
Lesson: How to Oust a Dictator, Using Cellphones
Gregory M. Lamb
The Christian Science Monitor
April 18, 2002 |
How
Serbian Students Brought Dictator Down Without a Shot Fired
National Catholic Reporter
April 26, 2002 |
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Bringing
Down a Dictator
Film Review; Democratic Underground.com
April 1, 2002 |
To
the Point
Steve York interview
Public Radio International
Boston, Massachusetts
March 2002 |
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Fresh
Air
Interview with Srdja Popovic of Otpor
National Public Radio
Washington, DC
March 20, 2002 |
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UNIVERSITY COURSES
FEATURING A FORCE MORE POWERFUL |
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Carleton College
Northfield, Minnesota
Ethics
and Politics
Dr. Kimberly Smith
Winter 2001 |
Columbia University
New York, New York
Nonviolent
Power in Action
E-Seminar; Columbia Interactive |
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Earlham College
Richmond, Indiana
History
and Theory of Nonviolent Movements
Dr. Carol Hunter; Peace and Global Studies
Fall 2001 |
Hampshire College
Amherst, Massachusetts
Democracy,
Violence and Empowerment
Dr. Doug Bond; Harvard Extension School
Fall 1997 |
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Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Organizing:
People, Power and Change
Dr. Marshall Ganz; John F Kennedy School of Government
Fall 2003 |
New York University
New York, New York
Collective
Action: Social Movements and Revolutions
Dr. Elizabeth Wood; Department of Politics
Spring 2001 |
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State University of
New York, Oswego
Oswego, New York
Gandhi
and Nonviolent Strategies for Change
Dr. Geraldine Forbes; Seminar in World History
Spring 2003 |
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Human
Rights and Democracy in the World
Dr. Kathryn Sikkink; Arlene C. Carlson Professor of Political
Science
Spring 2001 |
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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
The
Rhetoric of Social Movements
Dr. Anne T. Demo; Communication Studies
Fall 2000 |
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ORGANIZATIONS
FOR RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE |
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Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org |
Freedom House
www.freedomhouse.org |
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Human Rights Watch
www.hrw.org |
The Center for Victims
of Torture
www.cvt.org/main.php |
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United States Institute
of Peace
www.usip.org |
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ORGANIZATIONS
RELATED TO NONVIOLENT CONFLICT AND STRUGGLE |
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The Albert Einstein
Institution
www.aeinstein.org |
Nonviolence International
members.tripod.com/nviusa/index2.htm |
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Alliance for Conflict Transformation
www.conflicttransformation.org |
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WORLD AFFAIRS
AND PUBLIC POLICY ORGANIZATIONS |
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Australian Institute
of International Affairs
Canberra, Australia
www.aiiansw.org.au |
The Brisbane Institute
Brisbane, Australia
www.brisinst.org.au |
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Carnegie
Council on Ethics and International Affairs
www.cceia.org |
Council on Foreign Relations
New York, New York
www.cfr.org |
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Foreign Policy Association
www.fpa.org |
International Institute
for Strategic Studies London, United Kingdom
www.iiss.org |
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Monterey Institute of International
Studies Monterey, California
www.miis.edu |
The Whitlam Institute
The University of Western Sydney
Australia
www.whitlam.org |
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UNIVERSITY CENTERS
AND PROGRAMS |
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The Ronald W. Burkle
Center for International Relations
UCLA International Institute
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
www.isop.ucla.edu/bcir |
Center
for Nonviolence and Peace Studies University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island
www.uri.edu/nonviolence/main.html |
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Centre for Foreign
Policy Studies
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
www.dal.ca/~centre |
Centre for Justice
and Peace Development, Massey University
Auckland, New Zealand
www.massey.ac.nz/~wtie |
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Institute for Conflict
Analysis and Resolution George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
www.gmu.edu/departments/ICAR |
Liu Institute for Global
Issues
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
www.ligi.ubc.ca |
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Martin Institute for
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho
www.martin.uidaho.edu |
Matsunaga
Institute for Peace
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
www2.soc.hawaii.edu/peace |
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Munk
Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
www.utoronto.ca/mcis
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Program for the Study
of Contentious Politics
Cornell, University
Ithaca, New York
falcon.arts.cornell.edu/sgt2/pscp/index.htm |
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Program
in Nonviolent Conflict and Change Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
www.maxwell.syr.edu/parc/pncc.htm
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Program
on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Harvard University-
Cambridge, Massachusetts
www.wcfia.harvard.edu/ponsacs |
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International
Peace & Conflict Resolution (IPCR)
School of International Service, American University
www.aupeace.org
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Peter Ackerman
A Culuture of Democracy
Peter Ackerman talks about the “culture of democracy” in an interview with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs.
On YouTube |
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Handbook
for Bloggers and Cyber-dissidents
Reporters Without Borders published a Handbook for Bloggers
and Cyber-Dissidents (in English, French, Chinese, Arabic and
Persian), in which experts and bloggers from all over the world
advise Internet users, especially those in repressive countries,
how to set up their own blogs and get them known, while preserving
their personal anonymity. |
Nonviolence
Help Website
Provides an introduction to nonviolence and offers a variety
of practical resources for nonviolence training. |
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Nonviolent
Peaceforce
An international organization whose pilot project, a multi-year
effort on nonviolent internvention in the Sri Lankan conflict,
has been operating for just over a year. |
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