182 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
182 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
182 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The radical act of suicide protest is undertaken by social movement participants in order to demand a particular previously articulated political outcome. This book examines the history and impact of suicide protest, which has been increasingly used as a protest tactic since World War II, adding to a growing area of research on the ability of certain actions to impact policy in favour of movement... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Gandhi and the Development of Suicide Protest in India 3. Successful Suicide: Potti Sriramulu and the Question of Andhra 4. Short-term Success: The Narmada Dam Bachao Andolan 5. Failure of the Tactic: The Anti-reservation Movement 6. The Tactical Approach and Suicide Bombing in Sri Lanka 7. Suicide protest in a Global Perspective 8. Conclusion
Biography
Simanti Lahiri is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Alabama, US.
