Drop Your Weapons :When and Why Civil Resistance Works / Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan
Language: English Subject(s): In: Foreign Affairs . -- v.93, n.4 (July-August 2014)Abstract: Revolts against authoritarian regimes don't always succeed -- but they're more likely to if they embrace civil resistance rather than violence. Over the last century, nonviolent campaigns have been twice as likely to succeed as violent ones and they increase the chances that toppling a dictatorship will lead to peace and democracy.Revista R0073 (MAEC-Biblioteca Central)
Revolts against authoritarian regimes don't always succeed -- but they're more likely to if they embrace civil resistance rather than violence. Over the last century, nonviolent campaigns have been twice as likely to succeed as violent ones and they increase the chances that toppling a dictatorship will lead to peace and democracy.