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Transforming Protection

The Implications of Unarmed Civilian Protection
1. First Edition

von: Rachel Julian
CHF 40.00
Verlag:	Bristol University Press
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	01.06.2025
ISBN/EAN:	9781529233919
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	176

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Beschreibungen

Titelbeschreibung

Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) is practised globally by trained civilians protecting fellow civilians without the use of weapons. This book argues that while UCP is useful and transformative in its own right, its principles and values mean it has the potential to be disruptive in in a wide range of social contexts.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introducing Unarmed Civilian Protection and the Contested Nature of Protection
 2. Nonviolence Principles and Unarmed Civilian Protection
 3. Local Communities and Inclusion
 4. A Feminist View of Protection
 5. Protection Behaviours not Actors 
 6. Addressing Different Forms of Violence and Protection Threats
 7. Contesting Power and Protection 
 Conclusion

Autorenportrait

Rachel Julian is Professor in Peace Studies at Leeds Beckett University.

Sonderbeitrag

• Written by Rachel Julian, one of the leading voices in the field of Unarmed Civilian Protection with excellent connections in the NGO and charitable sectors; 
 • Envisions the way in which the existence of UCP should be incorporated into how we think about communities in relation to armed conflict.