Why Civil Resistance Works
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Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan compare violent and nonviolent resistance campaigns to investigate the conditions behind effective collective action. They examine participation, organization, and shifts in loyalty, providing an empirical framework for thinking about how movements challenge established power.
Why I include it
I include this to balance explanations of mass movements with research on how people organize and pursue change without violence.
