| Power and Dynamics of Civil Resistance |
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Term of face-to-face tuition: 8 - 12 November 2010
Term of on-line activities: 15 October - 30 November 2010
Language: English
Location of delivery: EMUNI University, Portorož - Piran, Slovenia
Course content:
This course is designed to provide an in-depth and multi-disciplinary perspective on the dynamic of civilian-based movements and campaigns that defend and obtain basic rights and justice, halt political oppression and facilitate democratic transitions and accountable governance. The course will examine the nature and attributes of civil resistance, its historical record and effectiveness when compared to that of violent insurgency, factors that determine successes as well as failures of civil resistance, common misconceptions and framing of civil resistance with a specific emphasis on skills, strategic planning and tactics vis-a-vis structural externalities, long-term effects of civil resistance on democratic transformation and sustainability and new, emerging areas of civil resistance studies such as curbing extreme violence, stopping corruption, promoting equitable and sustainable development, media faming of civil resistance or women's rights movements.
Target group:
Postgraduate students and others interested in any of the broadly defined subjects on the role and impact of non-state actors, and purposeful agency, civil society organizations, social movements, civic mobilization, nonviolent actions and civil resistance.
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Main topics:
- Idea of Power and Consent in Civil Resistance
- Historical and Contemporary Cases of Civil Resistance
- Strategic Planning and Nonviolent Tactics
- Agency / Skills versus Structures / Conditions
- Campaigns and Movements for Social and Economic Rights and Rule of Law
- Enduring Impact of Civil Resistance
- Mediatization and Media Framing of Civil Resistance
The course will be conducted by International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) and EMUNI University lecturers.
For further information please contact:
Ms. Mojca Zaletel
e-mail: mojca@emuni.si
Tel.: + 386 59 25 00 59
Fax: + 386 59 25 00 54
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