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Why Civil Resistance Works, Erica Chenoweth

The current University of Dayton alumni magazine features an essay by Erica Chenoweth, Ph.D., Class of 2002. She discusses how she was inspired to research and write her 2011 book, Why Civil Resistance Works.  Link to that:

http://echenoweth.faculty.wesleyan.edu/wcrw/

Chenoweth studies international conflicts, and writes that prior to 2006 she believed that nonviolent resistance “was weak and generally ineffective;” but after studying civil resistance movements in depth, she has come to believe that nonviolent campaigns for change “were more than twice as effective as violent ones.” (I cannot link to the article itself, yet — UD has not put it online.  They do put the alumni magazine online eventually, but not this issue yet.)

Perhaps this book can be taught . . . at UD!!  A guy can hope.  Anyway, well done, UD alumni magazine; terrific article.