Nonviolent Resistance And Democratic Consolidation

Author : Daniel Lambach,Markus Bayer,Felix S. Bethke,Matteo Dressler,Véronique Dudouet
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030393717

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Nonviolent Resistance and Democratic Consolidation by Daniel Lambach,Markus Bayer,Felix S. Bethke,Matteo Dressler,Véronique Dudouet Pdf

This book argues that democracies emerging from peaceful protest last longer, achieve higher levels of democratic quality, and are more likely to see at least two peaceful handovers of power than democracies that emerged out of violent resistance or top-down liberalization. Nonviolent resistance is not just an effective means of deposing dictators; it can also help consolidate democracy after the transition from autocratic rule. Drawing on case studies on democratic consolidation in Africa and Latin America, the authors find that nonviolent resistance creates a more inclusive transition process that is more resistant to democratic breakdown in the long term.

Author : Markus Bayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1396875277

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Democratizing Effect of Nonviolent Resistance: How Nonviolent Resistance Featured Democratic Consolidation in Benin by Markus Bayer Pdf

Author : Markus Bayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3906841103

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The Democratizing Effect of Non-violent Resistance by Markus Bayer Pdf

Author : Jonathan Pinckney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Democratization
ISBN : 1943271151

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When Civil Resistance Succeeds by Jonathan Pinckney Pdf

Several studies show that nonviolent revolutions are generally a more positive force for democratization than violent revolutions and top-down political transitions. However, many nonviolent revolutions, such as the Arab Spring revolution in Egypt, do not seem to fit this pattern. This study takes on this puzzle and reveals that the answer lies in large part in the actions of civil society prior to and during transition. Democracy is most likely when activists can keep their social bases mobilized for positive political change while directing that mobilization toward building new political institutions. The study first lays out what we already know about the connections between nonviolent resistance and democratization. It then presents new statistical evidence that nonviolent resistance has a positive e ect on democratization independently of other conditions. Additionally, in-depth case studies of Nepal, Zambia, and Brazil—woven throughout this monograph—demonstrate that the positive e ect of civil resistance on democratic transition requires continued civic mobilization and a move away from radical, all-or-nothing struggles toward more regular, institutionalized politics. The study concludes with concrete takeaways on how to achieve these changes, designed for civil resistance thinkers, activists, and external actors interested in supporting nonviolent movements.

Author : Jonathan C. Pinckney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190097332

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From Dissent to Democracy by Jonathan C. Pinckney Pdf

Peaceful protest is a strong driver for democratization across the globe. Yet, it doesn't always lead to democratic transition, as seen in the Arab Spring revolutions in Egypt or Yemen. Why do some nonviolent transitions end in democracy while others do not? In From Dissent to Democracy, Jonathan Pinckney systematically examines transitions initiated by nonviolent resistance campaigns and argues that two key factors explain whether or not democracy will follow such efforts. First, a movement must sustain high levels of social mobilization. Second, it must direct that mobilization away from revolutionary "maximalist" goals and tactics and towards support for new institutions. Pinckney tests his theory by presenting a global statistical analysis of all political transitions from 1945-2011 and three case studies from Nepal, Zambia, and Brazil. Original and empirically rigorous, this book provides new insights into the intersection of democratization and nonviolent resistance and gives actionable recommendations for how to encourage democratic transitions.

Author : Michael Schulz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000867374

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Civil Resistance and Democracy Promotion by Michael Schulz Pdf

This book examines transnational civil society-based democracy-promoting resistance activities in Asia in a global era, focusing on the cases of Myanmar and Palestine. The work contributes to our understanding of the nexus between globalization, power and democracy by examining: (i) the ways in which globalization/global governance are influencing various resistance practices of the civil societies in Myanmar and Palestine, and what this means for local democracy promotion; and (ii) the ways in which these two civil societies influence and have a democracy-promoting impact on their respective communities. It is guided by the overarching question of how civil society-based resistance contributes to local democracy in Myanmar and Palestine. The book is structured as follows: both civil resistance cases begin with an overview of each country’s non-violent resistance history, and the findings are then presented for the two cases, i.e., the pro-democracy movements in the Saffron uprising in Myanmar and the Bil’in village struggle against the Israeli Security Barrier plans to build through their farmlands. Then follows a presentation of the life-story interview made with two members from the respective campaigns. A concluding chapter proposes some new theoretical insights for how civil resistance can impact on democracy. The book empirically and theoretically contributes to our understanding of how civil society-based resistance and democracy interrelate in a global era. This book will be of much interest to students of civil resistance, democracy, Asian studies, Middle Eastern studies and international relations in general.

Author : Katerina Standish,Heather Devere,Adan Suazo,Rachel Rafferty
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 1206 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9811609683

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The Palgrave Handbook of Positive Peace by Katerina Standish,Heather Devere,Adan Suazo,Rachel Rafferty Pdf

This Handbook represents an unprecedented exploration of the positive peace platform. It permits a comprehensive appreciation of the breadth of positive peace that engages with nonviolence, environmental sustainability, social justice and positive relationships scholarship. The work serves as a one-stop shop for scholar/practitioners interested in locating their inquiry and outputs in the field of positive peace and provides readers from a multitude of disciplines and academic departments with a comprehensive overview of the multiplicity of positive peace research in one location. In doing so, the Handbook of Positive Peace securely demarcates and recognizes the positive peace platform in social scientific and humanities academic disciplines.

Author : Erica Chenoweth,Maria J. Stephan
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231527484

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Why Civil Resistance Works by Erica Chenoweth,Maria J. Stephan Pdf

For more than a century, from 1900 to 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more than twice as effective as their violent counterparts in achieving their stated goals. By attracting impressive support from citizens, whose activism takes the form of protests, boycotts, civil disobedience, and other forms of nonviolent noncooperation, these efforts help separate regimes from their main sources of power and produce remarkable results, even in Iran, Burma, the Philippines, and the Palestinian Territories. Combining statistical analysis with case studies of specific countries and territories, Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan detail the factors enabling such campaigns to succeed and, sometimes, causing them to fail. They find that nonviolent resistance presents fewer obstacles to moral and physical involvement and commitment, and that higher levels of participation contribute to enhanced resilience, greater opportunities for tactical innovation and civic disruption (and therefore less incentive for a regime to maintain its status quo), and shifts in loyalty among opponents' erstwhile supporters, including members of the military establishment. Chenoweth and Stephan conclude that successful nonviolent resistance ushers in more durable and internally peaceful democracies, which are less likely to regress into civil war. Presenting a rich, evidentiary argument, they originally and systematically compare violent and nonviolent outcomes in different historical periods and geographical contexts, debunking the myth that violence occurs because of structural and environmental factors and that it is necessary to achieve certain political goals. Instead, the authors discover, violent insurgency is rarely justifiable on strategic grounds.

Author : Donatella della Porta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107173712

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Where Did the Revolution Go? by Donatella della Porta Pdf

This book looks at long-term consequences of social movements in times of transition on the quality of democracy in ensuing regimes. It will be useful to students in courses on political sociology, comparative politics, social movements, democratic theory, democratization, and revolution.

Author : Bert Klandermans,Cornelis van Stralen
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439911815

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Movements in Times of Democratic Transition by Bert Klandermans,Cornelis van Stralen Pdf

In regions that have undergone tumultuous transitions, democratic social movements have often been the catalyst for great change. However, once those changes occur, can these movements survive, and if so, how? The editors and contributors to Movements in Times of Democratic Transition examine in comparative detail how social movements act within the context of the democratic transitions they have been fighting for, and how they are affected by the changes they helped bring about. Offering insights into the nature of how social movements decline, radicalize, revitalize, or spark new cycles of activism, Movements in Times of Democratic Transition provides a comprehensive analysis of these key questions of mobilization research. Contributors include: Paul Almeida, Christopher J. Colvin, Stephen Ellis, Grzegorz Ekiert, Grzegorz Forys, Krzysztof Gorlach, Camila Penna, Sebastián Pereyra, Steven Robbins, Ton Salman, Mate Szabo, Ineke van Kessel, Michal Wenzel, and the editors.

Author : Stephen Zunes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1943271119

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Civil Resistance Against Coups by Stephen Zunes Pdf

This monograph presents in-depth case studies and analysis intended to improve our understanding of the strategic utility of civil resistance against military takeovers; the nature of civil resistance mobilization against coups; and the role of civil resistance against coups in countries; and subsequent democratization efforts (or failure thereof).

Author : Sharon Erickson Nepstad
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199778201

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Nonviolent Revolutions by Sharon Erickson Nepstad Pdf

In the spring of 1989, Chinese workers and students captured global attention as they occupied Tiananmen Square, demanded political change, and were tragically suppressed by the Chinese army. Months later, East German civilians rose up nonviolently, brought down the Berlin Wall, and dismantled their regime. Although both movements used tactics of civil resistance, their outcomes were different. Why? In Nonviolent Revolutions, Sharon Erickson Nepstad examines these and other uprisings in Panama, Chile, Kenya, and the Philippines. Taking a comparative approach that includes both successful and failed cases of nonviolent resistance, Nepstad analyzes the effects of movements' strategies along with the counter-strategies regimes developed to retain power. She shows that a significant influence on revolutionary outcomes is security force defections, and explores the reasons why soldiers defect or remain loyal and the conditions that increase the likelihood of mutiny. She then examines the impact of international sanctions, finding that they can at times harm movements by generating new allies for authoritarian leaders or by shifting the locus of power from local civil resisters to international actors. Nonviolent Revolutions offers essential insights into the challenges that civil resisters face and elucidates why some of these movements failed. With a recent surge of popular uprisings across the Middle East, this book provides a valuable new understanding of the dynamics and potency of civil resistance and nonviolent revolt.

Author : Hardy Merriman,Nicola Barrach-Yousefi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1943271313

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Glossary of Civil Resistance by Hardy Merriman,Nicola Barrach-Yousefi Pdf

Author : Jeremy Kinsman,Kurt Bassuener
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780986707797

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A Diplomat's Handbook for Democracy Development Support by Jeremy Kinsman,Kurt Bassuener Pdf

In recent decades, the conduct of international relations among and within states has been very considerably altered. Today, the content of these relations relies as much on international professional and civil society networks as it does on state-to-state transactions. The role of the Internet has been fundamental in widening communications opportunities for citizens and civil society, with a profound effect on democracy transition. In consequence, diplomacy has taken on a much more human and public face. Twenty-first century ambassadors and diplomats are learning to engage with civil societies, especially on the large themes of democratic change — an engagement that is often resisted by authoritarian regimes. A Diplomat’s Handbook for Democracy Development Support presents a wide variety of specific experiences of diplomats on the ground, identifying creative, human and material resources. More broadly, it is about the policy-making experience in capitals, as democratic states try to align national interests and democratic values. The Handbook also documents the increasingly prominent role of civil society as the essential building block for successful democratic transitions, with each case study examining specific national experiences in the aspiration for democratic and pluralistic governance, and lessons learned on all sides — for better or for worse. While each situation is different — presenting unique, unstructured problems and opportunities — a review of these experiences bears out the validity of the authors’ belief in the interdependence of democratic engagements, and provides practitioners with encouragement, counsel and a greater capacity to support democracy everywhere.

Author : Mohammad Ali Kadivar
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691229140

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Popular Politics and the Path to Durable Democracy by Mohammad Ali Kadivar Pdf

A groundbreaking account of how prolonged grassroots mobilization lays the foundations for durable democratization When protests swept through the Middle East at the height of the Arab Spring, the world appeared to be on the verge of a wave of democratization. Yet with the failure of many of these uprisings, it has become clearer than ever that the path to democracy is strewn with obstacles. Mohammad Ali Kadivar examines the conditions leading to the success or failure of democratization, shedding vital new light on how prodemocracy mobilization affects the fate of new democracies. Drawing on a wealth of new evidence, Kadivar shows how the longest episodes of prodemocracy protest give rise to the most durable new democracies. He analyzes more than one hundred democratic transitions in eighty countries between 1950 and 2010, showing how more robust democracies emerge from lengthier periods of unarmed mobilization. Kadivar then analyzes five case studies—South Africa, Poland, Pakistan, Egypt, and Tunisia—to investigate the underlying mechanisms. He finds that organization building during the years of struggle develops the leadership needed for lasting democratization and strengthens civil society after dictatorship. Popular Politics and the Path to Durable Democracy challenges the prevailing wisdom in American foreign policy that democratization can be achieved through military or coercive interventions, revealing how lasting change arises from sustained, nonviolent grassroots mobilization.