People power and political change key issues and concepts

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Resistance and political change. People power and nonviolent methods in historical perspective; People power and people's war compared; People power and changing theories of revolution -- Part II. Central concepts and debates. Power, violence and unarmed resistance; Constructing the "people": body politic, nation or class?; People power and electoral democracy: electoral revolutions and democratization -- Part III. Implications of globalization for success of people power. Global trends, transnational solidarity and international politics; conclusion.