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Nonviolent action (NVA) campaigns are more frequent now than ever before, yet we know comparatively little about how the demographic composition of nonviolent movements shapes…
vlog Working Paper No. RWP22-017
Many groups in the US are focused on preventing the further rise of authoritarian forces by raising alarms about authoritarian power-grabs in key states; by building financial,…
On Revolutions, co-authored by six prominent scholars of revolutions, reinvigorates revolutionary studies for the twenty-first century. Integrating insights from diverse fields--…
Questions, Answers, and Some Cautionary Updates Regarding the 3.5% Rule
The “3.5% rule” refers to the claim that no government has withstood a challenge of 3.5% of their population mobilized against it during a peak event. In this brief paper, author…
Since the inauguration of Donald Trump, there has been substantial and ongoing protest against the Administration. Street demonstrations are some of the most visible forms of…
vlog Working Paper No. RWP19-027
Why do some state-led mass killings end quickly while others endure for over a decade? And why do some states murder millions of constituents during the course of mass killings,…
Introducing the Nonviolent Action in Violent Contexts (NVAVC) dataset article by Erica Chenoweth
Scholarship on civil war is overwhelmingly preoccupied with armed activity…