Ripples of hope : how ordinary people resist repression without violence / Robert M. Press.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index.

Introduction -- Resisting repression without violence -- Sierra Leone. Students shake the pillars of power -- Women help restore democracy -- Mass noncooperation helps defeat a violent junta -- Liberia. Nonviolent resistance in abeyance -- Peaceful resistance during a civil war -- Kenya. Individual resistance against repression -- Establishing a culture of resistance -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Methodology -- Interviews -- Comparative levels of repression -- Chronologies -- Abbreviations and significant terms.

Based on case studies in three African countries and new social movement theory, examines individual and group protests stood up to violence and oppression through mainly nonviolent means.