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SUMMARY:Why Civil Resistance Works: The Future of Nonviolent Conflict - Pr
 of. Erica Chenoweth\, Wesleyan University
DTSTART:20111026T160000Z
DTEND:20111026T173000Z
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CONTACT:Hubertus Juergenliemk
DESCRIPTION:Professor Erica Chenoweth discusses her book with Maria Stepha
 n\, "Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflic
 t." In this groundbreaking book\, the authors find that between 1900 and 2
 006\, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more than twice as effective
  as their violent counterparts. Attracting impressive support from citizen
 s that helps separate regimes from their main sources of power\, these cam
 paigns have produced remarkable results.\n\nCombining statistical analysis
  with case studies of specific countries and territories\, Chenoweth and S
 tephan detail the factors enabling such campaigns to succeed--and\, at tim
 es\, causing them to fail. They find that nonviolent resistance presents f
 ewer obstacles to moral and physical involvement\, information and educati
 on\, and participator commitment. Higher levels of participation then cont
 ribute to enhanced resilience\, a greater probability of tactical innovati
 on\, increased opportunity for civic disruption (and therefore less incent
 ive for the regime to maintain\nthe status quo)\, and shifts in loyalty am
 ong opponents’ erstwhile supporters\, including members of the military 
 establishment. Successful nonviolent resistance movements tend to usher in
  more durable and internally peaceful democracies\, which are less likely 
 to regress into civil war. This book originally and systematically compare
 s violent and nonviolent outcomes in different historical periods and geog
 raphical contexts\, debunking the myth that violence occurs because of str
 uctural and environmental factors and is necessary to achieve certain poli
 tical goals. Instead\, Chenoweth and Stephan find violent insurgency is ra
 rely justifiable on strategic grounds.\n\nThe talk will be chaired by Dr M
 ette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni.
LOCATION:Senior Common Room\, 17 Mill Lane\, Cambridge CB2 1RX
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