Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Center for International Security and Cooperation Stanford University


A Syrian protester in Jordan, September 2011.
Photo credit: Reuters



October 6, 2011 - CISAC, FSI Stanford Announcement

Erica Chenoweth: A new book explains why non-violent resistance works

In their new book, Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, Visiting Scholar Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan argue that compared to violent insurgency, nonviolent resistance builds longer-lasting and more peaceful democracies.





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