Nonviolent futures

Nonviolent action - including methods such as rallies, strikes, boycotts an d sit-ins - has become increasingly important in the past century as a meth od for waging conflict and promoting social change. Nonviolent action has b een adopted by many social movements, yet its potential impact has only beg un to be realised. Some areas for future expansion of the role of nonviolen t action include replacing military defence, technological design, challeng ing capitalism, bureaucratic politics, information struggles and interperso nal behaviour. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.