Chapter 1 Introduction: Civil Resistance in Contexts of Violent Conflict in Latin America—Leveraging Power to Defend One’s Rights

Chapter 3 A Rebellion of Spirituality: On the Power of Indigenous Civil Resistance in Honduras

Chapter 4 Qué Diría Carlos? The ‘No al Canal’ Movement and the Rhetoric of Resistance to Nicaragua’s ‘Grand Canal’

Chapter 5 Venezuelan Struggle Towards Democratization: The 2017 Civil Resistance Campaign

Chapter 6 Alternative Forms of Civilian Noncooperation with Armed Groups: The Case of Samaniego in Colombia

Chapter 7 Civil Resistance and Peacebuilding: The Experience of the Peasant Worker Association of the Carare River

Chapter 8 Nonviolent Resistance in the Struggle for Housing in Urban Areas of Brazil: The Direct Action of the Roofless Workers’ Movement

Chapter 9 Frames in Conflict: Discursive Contestation and the Transformation of Resistance

Chapter 10 Nonviolent Resistance in Plurinational Bolivia: The TIPNIS Case

Chapter 11 Conclusion: Civil Resistance in Latin America—A Viable Alternative for Ordinary People to Defend Their Rights