POL 101W Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Guerrilla Warfare, Political Warfare, Flash Mob
19 Dec 2016
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Usually involving groups & state over something gov is doing/proposes to do. Political protest - oppositional political action taking place outside formal channels. Generally seeking to have gov make significant changes in policies. Civil disobedience - deliberate lawbreaking accepting punishment by state authorities as part of action. Guerrilla warfare - form of highly political warfare built around lightly armed irregulars opposing gov & use hit-and-run tactics & political work to take power. Especially one employing tools of guerrilla warfare. Revolution - use of violence to overthrow gov. Esp when overthrow followed by rapid, thoroughgoing social, economic, political restructuring. Terrorism - deliberate use of violence designed to induce fear in population to achieve political objective. Contentious politics - usually disruptive, direct, highly conflictive ways people advance claims on elites, authorities, opponents. Ranges from peaceful political protest to wars & other lethal conflicts. Political protest = political action b/c aims to affect how public issues treated.
