Source: Johansen, Jørgen. 2009. “International Peace Research Institute.” In The Oxford international encyclopedia of peace, edited by Nigel Young, 457-458. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Buy the book here. International Peace Research Institute. The International Peace Research Institute (PRIO) is based in…
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Environmental protests in Norway
Source: Johansen, Jørgen. 2009. “Environmental protest, Norway, 20th century.” In International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest, edited by Immanuel Ness. New York: Blackwell Publishing. Buy the book here. Environmental protest, Norway, 20th century In 1996 the Norwegian Parliament decided to build…
Tagged with: Environmental protests, FAG, Natur og Ungdom, Norway, NU, social movements
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Posted in In English, Nonviolence, Peace Research, Social Movements
World War II and Peace Movements (1939–1945)
Originally Published in International Encyclopedia of Peace xxx Having been broken by the outbreak of war in 1914 (and 1917 in the USA), peace movements in Europe and North America had grown in strength after 1918 The established peace organizations faced…
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Posted in In English, Peace Research, Social Movements
Deterrent Nonviolence
Originally published in xxx The best-prepared and most successful large-scale civil disobedience action in Scandinavian history never took place. In the end the government had to resign. In 1996 the Norwegian Parliament decided to build two large power stations…
Tagged with: civil disobedience, FAG, Fellesaksjonen mot Gasskraftverk, Naturkraft, Norway
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Humor as a political force
Originally published in xxx Humor as a political force: or how to open the eyes of ordinary people in social democratic countries One form of state violence is punishment and imprisonment of opponents of the state. This is…
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