Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement
Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement
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博科圣地：非洲圣战运动的历史
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2019
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Jeremy R. Backstrom
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作者：
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恐惧会改变这场运动的结果，并会引发事与愿违的后果。最后，在最后一章(第12章)中，史密斯和库尔茨对这本书进行了详细的总结和分析。本章探讨了围绕镇压悖论的广泛主题和问题，如动员的重要性、外部行动者的作用、媒体的作用以及框架问题。总体而言，这本书为镇压和非暴力抵抗的悖论提供了实质性的见解。它为活动家和运动反对者之间的关系提供了新的线索，并提供了关于为什么以及在什么情况下镇压活动家会适得其反的信息。尽管如此，仍有改进的余地，这一点可能会在该书的未来几卷中讨论。例如，虽然书中的所有章节都提供了丰富的理论信息，但其中一些在大N研究中不会有用。有些章节中提出的主张不能在现实生活中复制，因为它们是在高度结构化的实验室环境中观察到的实验(例如，第四章中的斯坦福监狱实验)。因此，这些发现与复杂世界的相关性引发了一个问题。此外，尽管书中的案例研究对政府和活动人士之间的互惠关系提供了深入的见解，但它们并没有提供一个概括性的结果。换句话说，由于案例研究针对的是不同的问题，对于是什么导致了事与愿违的结果，它们缺乏共识。此外，编辑们还表示，他们的目标是“更好地了解压抑悖论的地形学”(第2页)。尽管这种方法使本书对不同背景的个人有用，但它也降低了本书在政治学领域的有效性，因为有些章节与学科不是很相关。然而，这本书通过提供关于非暴力运动的概念性和经验性的概述，并通过引入看待镇压问题的新方法，为当前关于非暴力运动的讨论做出了贡献。
fear would change the outcome of the movement and would trigger a backfire. Finally, in the concluding chapter (Chapter 12), Smithey and Kurtz provide a detailed summary and analysis of the book. This chapter examines a wide range of themes and issues around the paradox of repression such as the importance of mobilization, the role of external actors, the role of media, and the issue of framing. Overall, the book offers substantive insight into the paradox of repression and nonviolent resistance. It sheds new light on the relationship between activists and movement opponents and provides information as to why and under what circumstances repression against activists would backfire. Nevertheless, there is still room for improvement, which may be addressed in future volumes of the book. For instance, although all chapters in the book provide rich theoretical information, some of it would not be useful in large-N studies. The claims that are made in some chapters could not be replicated in real-life settings, as they are experiments that are observed in highly structured laboratory settings (e.g., the Stanford prison experiment in Chapter 4). Thus the relevance of these findings to the complex world raises a question. Furthermore, although the case studies in the book provide in-depth insights into the reciprocal relationship between the government and activists, they do not provide a generalizable outcome. In other words, as the case studies speak to different issues, they lack a consensus as to what leads to the backfire. Moreover, the editors state that their aim is “to develop a better sense of the topography” (p. 2) of paradox of repression. Although this approach makes this volume useful for individuals from various backgrounds, it also decreases its effectiveness in the field of political science as some chapters are not very relevant to the discipline. Nevertheless, the book contributes to current discussion about nonviolent movements by offering a conceptual and empirical overview of the topic and by introducing new ways of looking at the issue of repression.