Over the past two decades, there has been growing scholarly interest in nonviolent
resistance—a method of conflict in which unarmed people mobilize collective protests …

The past 20 years have seen an explosion of research and theory into the emotions of
protest and social movements. At one extreme, general theoretical statements about …

Over the past fifty years, nonviolent civil resistance has overtaken armed struggle as the
most common form of mobilization used by revolutionary movements. Yet even as civil …

''Undone science''refers to areas of research that are left unfunded, incomplete, or generally
ignored but that social movements or civil society organizations often identify as worthy of …

The historical record indicates that nonviolent campaigns have been more successful than
armed campaigns in achieving ultimate goals in political struggles, even when used against …

Success and failure are key to any consideration of public policy but there have been
remarkably few attempts to assess systematically the various dimensions and complex …

Claims that a particular policy has been a 'success' are commonplace in political life.
However, a few of these claims are justified in any systematic way. This article seeks to …

Empirical research on the social psychological antecedents of collective action has been
conducted almost exclusively in democratic societies, where activism is relatively safe. The …

Whereas optimists see the so-called Arab Spring as similar to the revolutions of 1989, and
likely to bring about democratic rule, skeptics fear that protest bringing down dictators may …

This article provides an overview of the practice and study of civil resistance. First, historical
roots of modern civil resistance are discussed, including the emergence in the 19th century …