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355:, Chenoweth argued that nonviolent protest movements in the 2010s were more common than in previous decades but statistically showed less effectiveness compared to earlier movements. Chenoweth listed the four factors of successful movements that they judged to have been less common in the 2010s movements as: "careful planning, organization, training, and coalition-building prior to mass mobilization" as opposed to protests occurring first; momentum in "grow in size and diversity" and using techniques such as strikes and 1446: 291: 1482: 1470: 31: 1458: 318:. Chenoweth and Stephan organized an international team of scholars in identifying all the major violent and nonviolent governmental change efforts of the twentieth century. They translated the results into a theory of civil resistance and its success rate for political change compared to violent resistance. 1079: 333:
In the research data set, every campaign that got active participation from at least 3.5 percent of the population succeeded, and many succeeded with less. All the campaigns that achieved that threshold were nonviolent; no violent campaign achieved that threshold.
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Their team compared over 200 violent revolutions and over 100 nonviolent campaigns. Their data shows that 26% of the violent revolutions were successful, while 53% of the nonviolent campaigns succeeded. Moreover,
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were "updating and renewing the outdated playbook" of "rely exclusively on protest" and instead "building resilient coalitions with a greater capacity for bringing about lasting transformation."
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for being "judged to have made the most significant contribution to the study of International Relations and Peace Research by the means of publication."
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right," noting their work on providing evidence for the efficacy of nonviolent political movements. In 2013, Erica also won the
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for "the best book published in the U.S. during the previous calendar year on government, politics, or international affairs."
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Blair, Christopher; Chenoweth, Erica; Horowitz, Michael C.; Perkoski, Evan; Potter, Philip B. K. (2020-10-05).
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named Chenoweth one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of the year "for proving
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for Ideas for Improving the World Order. Past winners of this award include
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Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
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Since 2018, she has been a professor of public policy at the
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Rethinking Violence: States and Non-State Actors in Conflict
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Between 2012 and 2018, Erica Chenoweth was professor at the
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award for "Best Group Blog of the Year" for the blog
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until 2012 and completed postdoctoral fellowships at
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Josef Korbel School of International Studies people
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She is known for her research work on 1495: 267:Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study 185:Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study 142:Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study 1528:21st-century American women academics 1068: 967: 836:"The Future of Nonviolent Resistance" 647: 533: 175:(born April 22, 1980) is an American 881: 751:. Rational Insurgent. Archived from 450:N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2021. 256:Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) 179:, professor of public policy at the 138:John F. Kennedy School of Government 1518:American women political scientists 714:Erica Chenoweth (1 February 2017). 621: 353:The Future of Nonviolent Resistance 13: 877:from the original on 9 April 2024. 689:"Success of Nonviolent Revolution" 14: 1579: 1101:International Studies Association 1048: 811:The Commons Social Change Library 422:International Studies Association 1480: 1468: 1456: 1444: 1055:Faculty page, Harvard University 805:Matthews, Kyle R. (2021-11-29). 289: 1523:21st-century American academics 1011: 997: 981:. December 2013. Archived from 893:Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award 743:Chenoweth, Erica (2013-11-04). 435: 420:Chenoweth was also awarded the 380:Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award 246:. She was a faculty member and 202:Erica Chenoweth received their 1538:Harvard Kennedy School faculty 798: 766: 736: 707: 603:"Erica Chenoweth Faculty Page" 324:looking at change in democracy 314:, Chenoweth co-wrote the book 1: 1553:University of Colorado alumni 1513:American political scientists 570:Editorial (21 October 2019). 551: 1563:University of Denver faculty 659:David Robson (14 May 2019). 515:; Стефан, Марія Дж. (2014), 466:; Stephan, Maria J. (2011), 197: 16:American political scientist 7: 1568:Wesleyan University faculty 1558:University of Dayton alumni 485: 250:program co-director at the 222:. She previously taught at 10: 1584: 925:. 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American
University of Dayton
BA
University of Colorado
MA
PhD
Civil resistance studies
International relations
Political science
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
University of Denver
Wesleyan University
political scientist
Harvard Kennedy School
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
nonviolent
civil resistance
B.A.
University of Dayton
M.A.
Ph.D.
University of Colorado
Wesleyan University
Harvard University
University of Maryland
University of Denver
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