Concept information
Preferred term
civil disobedience
Definition
- Civil disobedience consists of public acts in deliberate violation of law for the purpose of challenging a law or stimulating social change. It is nonviolent in nature, with participants willingly accepting fines or imprisonment for the sake of their cause. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Civil Disobedience]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-V0HZQVRT-4
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