عنوان

Winning Well: Civil Resistance Mechanisms of Success, Democracy, and Civil Peace

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TL48012

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Winning Well: Civil Resistance Mechanisms of Success, Democracy, and Civil Peace

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Jonathan C. Pinckney

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Chenoweth, Erica

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Denver

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2014

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

238

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Committee members: Gordon, Hava; Kaplan, Oliver

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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-28656-4

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Discipline of degree

Josef Korbel School of International Studies

Body granting the degree

University of Denver

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2014

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Several recent studies indicate that revolutions of non-violent civil resistance lead to more democratic and peaceful political transitions than either violent revolutions or elite-led political transitions. However, this general trend has not been disaggregated to explain the many prominent cases where nonviolent revolutions are followed by authoritarianism or civil war. Understanding these divergent cases is critical, particularly in light of the problematic transitions following the 'Arab Spring' revolutions of 2011. In this paper I explain why nonviolent revolutions sometimes lead to these negative outcomes. I show, through quantitative analysis of a dataset of all successful non-violent revolutions from 1900-2006 and comparative case studies of the revolutions in Egypt and Yemen, that the mechanism of success whereby the non-violent revolution achieves its goals, such as an negotiation, election, or coup d'etat, has a significant impact on the likelihood of democracy and civil war. Most centrally, mechanisms which involve pre-transition capacity-building, civil resistance campaign initiative, and broad political consensus are significantly more likely to lead to democracy and peace. This research has powerful implications for understanding both the options available to non-violent activists seeking revolutionary goals and the choices likely to lead to optimal outcomes during the post-revolutionary transition.

Middle Eastern history; Middle Eastern Studies; Peace Studies; International Relations; Political science

Subject Term

Social sciences;Civil resistance;Democracy;Elections;Political violence;Protest;Revolution

Francis, Kyle

Chenoweth, Erica

Subdivision

Josef Korbel School of International Studies

University of Denver

Call Number

1629828533; 1567696

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