Nonviolence Under the Microscope: A multipurposed study of nonviolent action in South Sudan
(2021) FKVK02 20211Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Nonviolent action is a historically pervasive, yet misunderstood phenomenon. Despite its success stories, of which Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. remain the most famous examples, nonviolent action has been overlooked in literature, especially by peace and conflict scholars. Adopting Vinthagen’s novel theoretical framework on the case of nonviolent action in South Sudan, this paper aims at contributing to general understandings of nonviolent action. Through interviewing experienced South Sudanese nonviolent activists and complementing with secondary data, a comprehensive picture of nonviolent action in South Sudan is painted. Analysed with a reflexive methodology and an abductive reasoning, the picture is further nuanced. Both... (More)
- Nonviolent action is a historically pervasive, yet misunderstood phenomenon. Despite its success stories, of which Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. remain the most famous examples, nonviolent action has been overlooked in literature, especially by peace and conflict scholars. Adopting Vinthagen’s novel theoretical framework on the case of nonviolent action in South Sudan, this paper aims at contributing to general understandings of nonviolent action. Through interviewing experienced South Sudanese nonviolent activists and complementing with secondary data, a comprehensive picture of nonviolent action in South Sudan is painted. Analysed with a reflexive methodology and an abductive reasoning, the picture is further nuanced. Both Vinthagen’s theory and the empirical case are then refined in relation to each other. The result is equally as holistic, as ambivalent. Nonviolent action, as understood from the South Sudanese context, is mainly a constructive normative regulation, in which training, protests and persuasion are the main nonviolent methods used. Vinthagen’s theory helps conceptualize the empirical case, although this highlights several gaps within the theory. Finally, the reinterpretation of the theory and the empirical case culminates in a refined understanding of nonviolent action in South Sudan as both faltering and promising. (Less)
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- author
- Strangert, Viktor LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- FKVK02 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Nonviolent Action, South Sudan, Vinthagen, reflexivity, abduction.
- language
- English
- id
- 9046857
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- 2021-07-06 10:54:32
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@misc{9046857, abstract = {{Nonviolent action is a historically pervasive, yet misunderstood phenomenon. Despite its success stories, of which Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. remain the most famous examples, nonviolent action has been overlooked in literature, especially by peace and conflict scholars. Adopting Vinthagen’s novel theoretical framework on the case of nonviolent action in South Sudan, this paper aims at contributing to general understandings of nonviolent action. Through interviewing experienced South Sudanese nonviolent activists and complementing with secondary data, a comprehensive picture of nonviolent action in South Sudan is painted. Analysed with a reflexive methodology and an abductive reasoning, the picture is further nuanced. Both Vinthagen’s theory and the empirical case are then refined in relation to each other. The result is equally as holistic, as ambivalent. Nonviolent action, as understood from the South Sudanese context, is mainly a constructive normative regulation, in which training, protests and persuasion are the main nonviolent methods used. Vinthagen’s theory helps conceptualize the empirical case, although this highlights several gaps within the theory. Finally, the reinterpretation of the theory and the empirical case culminates in a refined understanding of nonviolent action in South Sudan as both faltering and promising.}}, author = {{Strangert, Viktor}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Nonviolence Under the Microscope: A multipurposed study of nonviolent action in South Sudan}}, year = {{2021}}, }