Articles by Erica Chenoweth
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New Data Offers Insights into the Dynamics of Nonviolent Resistance
Jonathan Pinckney and Erica Chenoweth | Waging Nonviolence – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2018
12 May 2018 – Despite a growing literature on nonviolent resistance, many of these questions remain unresolved. In the absence of systematic study, the lessons of prominent nonviolent resistance movements can often be misinterpreted or misunderstood.
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The Success of Nonviolent Civil Resistance
Erica Chenoweth | TED Talks – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Apr 2017
Between 1900-2006, campaigns of nonviolent civil resistance were twice as successful as violent campaigns. Erica talks about her research on the impressive historical record of civil resistance in the 20th century and discusses the promise of unarmed struggle in the 21st century. In addition to explaining why nonviolent resistance has been so effective, she also shares some lessons learned about why it sometimes fails.
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Erica Chenoweth, PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Apr 2016
19 Apr 2016 – The just war tradition—which contains numerous doctrines morally justifying violence and war, as well as defining appropriate conduct during war—has served for the past 1500 years as the primary normative basis to validate waging of war. Last week, eighty conference participants recommended that Pope Francis I reject Just War Doctrine as a viable or productive Catholic tradition.
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Erica Chenoweth and Hakim Young – CounterPunch,
8 Feb 2016
Why we must challenge the conventional refuge narrative. Seeing flight as a nonviolent option will better equip the informed public to contest exclusionary rhetoric and policies, elevate a new discourse that empowers more moderate politicians, and widen the range of policy options available to respond to the current crisis.
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Erica Chenoweth – TED Talks,
18 Nov 2013
Between 1900 and 2006, campaigns of nonviolent civil resistance were twice as successful as violent ones. Erica talks about her research on the impressive historical record of civil resistance in the 20th century and discusses the promise of unarmed struggle in the 21st.
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Maria Stephan and Erica Chenoweth,
26 Mar 2009
In-depth study on why civil resistance works. In International Security, volume 33, issue 1, pages 7-44. This new study of 323 violent and nonviolent campaigns from 1900 to 2006 found that violent campaigns succeeded in only 26 percent of all cases, compared to 53 percent for nonviolent, civilian-based campaigns (Stephan and Chenoweth, “Why Civil Resistance […]
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