Exploring the power of nonviolence : peace, politics, and practice / edited by Randall Amster and Elavie Ndura ; with a foreword by Michaal N. Nagler.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One. Histories and Theories of Nonviolence -- Part Two. Nonviolent Movements -- Part Three. Nonviolence Pedagogy -- Part Four. Ethics and Practices of Nonviolence -- --

Part One. Histories and Theories of Nonviolence -- 1. Varieties of nonviolence and cultural change: World history lessons for our global present and future / Antony Adolf -- 2. Historicizing nonviolent protest: the role of the French Revolution / Micah Alpaugh -- 3. "I was and am": Historical counternarrative as nonviolent resistance in the United States / Jenice L. View -- 4. Traditional indigenous North Americans, nature and peace / Pat Lauderdale -- -- Part Two. Nonviolent Movements -- 5. Nonviolent civil insurrections and pro-democracy struggles / Stephen Zunes -- 6. Apathy, aggression, assertion and action: manging image for non-violen success / Tom H. Hastings -- 7. Our actions are louder than words: gender, power and a nonviolent movement toward peace / Supriya Baily -- 8. From the headwaters to the grassroots: cooperative resource management as a paradigm of nonviolence / Randall Amster -- -- Part Three. Nonviolence Pedagogy -- 9. Direct education: learning the power of nonviolent action / George Lakey. -- 10. Teaching peace in higher education: the role of creativity / Laura L. Finley -- 11. Fostering a culture of nonviolence through multicultural education / Elavie Ndura -- -- Part Four. Ethics and Practices of Nonviolence -- 12. Bowen theory and peacemaking: human evolution through nonviolent conflict resolution / Wayne F. Regina -- 13. Forgiveness, reconciliation and conflict transformation / Tulin Levitas -- 14. TOward a moral psychology of nonviolence: the gandhian paradigm / Nancy E. Snow.