Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict

Author(s): Erica Chenoweth, Maria J. Stephan

Columbia University Press, New York, 2011, pp. 296

Combines statistical analysis with case studies of unarmed resistance to argue that since 1900 nonviolent resistance campaigns have been strategically more effective than violent campaigns. Also analyses factors that promote success or failure of nonviolent campaigns. An earlier version of their overall argument was published as Chenoweth, Erica ; Stephan, Maria J., Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict International Security, 2008, pp. 7-44 , including useful case studies of East Timor, the Philippines and Burma 1988-1990.

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Volume One -> A. Introduction to Nonviolent Action -> A. 1. Theory Methods and Examples -> A. 1.b. Strategic Theory, Dynamics, Methods and Movements

Cross referenced in:

Volume One -> E. V.A. Unarmed Resistance in the Middle East -> E. V.A.3. Palestine -> E. V.A.3.a. Palestinian Resistance after 1967 and the First Intifada, 1987-1991
Volume One -> E. V.A. Unarmed Resistance in the Middle East -> E. V.A.1. Iran -> E. V.A.1.a. Overthrowing the Shah: 1977-1979
Volume One -> E. II. Asia (and Australasia) -> E. II.8. The Philippines: 1983-86 and 2001 -> E. II.8.a. Resisting Marcos, 1983-86
Volume One -> E. II. Asia (and Australasia) -> E. II.1. Burma/Myanmar: Resisting Military Dictatorship -> E. II.1.a. 1988 and Ongoing Protest

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The online version of Vol. 2 of the bibliography was made possible due to the generous support of The Network for Social Change. The Network for Social Change is a group of individuals providing funding for progressive social change, particularly in the areas of justice, peace and the environment.