Courageous Resistance: The Power of Ordinary People

by Kristina E. Thalhammer, Myron Peretz Glazer, Sam McFarland

During times of injustice, some individuals or groups courageously resist maltreatment of all people, regardless of backgrounds. Using various case studies, this book introduces readers to the broad spectrum of courageous resistance and provides a framework for analyzing the factors that motivate and sustain opposition to human rights violations.

Genres: Nonfiction

221 pages, Hardcover

First published July 15, 2007

About the author

Kristina Thalhammer is Associate Professor of Political Science at Saint Olaf College. She has published numerous articles on political tolerance and on opposition to repressive regimes in Argentina.

Reviews

[Daniel Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some very informative and gut wrenching stories of collective and individual resistance across generations but the analysis that was done did not offer as much as I would have liked in terms of motivating people towards further actions. I appreciated the appendix which tried to bridge the gap but would have loved more practical suggestions as to what might be effective in a preventive or proactive way rather than just reacting to injustice.