Civil resistance non violent action against such challenges as dictatorial rule racial discrimination and foreign military occupation is a highly significant but inadequately understood feature of world politics especially through the peaceful revolutions of 1989 it has helped to shape the world we live in civil resistance and power politics covers most of the leading cases including the example of gandhi the us civil rights struggle in the 1960s the islamic revolution in iran in . Civil resistance non violent action against such challenges as dictatorial rule racial discrimination and foreign military occupation is a significant but inadequately understood feature of world politics especially through the peaceful revolutions of 1989 and the developments in the arab world since december 2010 it has helped to shape the world we live in. Revolutions are not what they used to be and yet are so much more we use the term today to describe moments of doubtful import or of limited impact such as th. Civil resistance and power politics the experience of non violent action from gandhi to the present illustrated edition by adam roberts editor timothy garton ash editor 40 out of 5 stars 7 ratings isbn 13 978 0199552016. Civil resistance non violent action against such challenges as dictatorial rule racial discrimination and foreign military occupation is a significant but inadequately understood feature of