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In this Presidential Address, I lay out three research streams in which my findings were valid when published, but which may have been time-bound to a particular period in global…
Vol. 86, Issue 2, Pages 238-241
In the years since the onset of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement—and especially since the Ferguson uprising—scholars have tried to understand how the movement has affected…
Civil resistance is a form of struggle in which unarmed civilians mobilize using a series of coordinated methods like protest, non-cooperation, and the building of alternative…
Vol. 26, Pages 55-77
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, strikes,…
Today, more people than ever before are conscious of a simple fact: fundamental changes in the global system are urgently required to keep our planet habitable. We have promising…
Vol. 60, Issue 1, Pages 3-8
In the past decade, myriad studies have explored the effects of nonviolent resistance (NR) on outcomes including revolutionary success (short-term and long-term) and…
We examine individuals’ decision to attend Black Lives Matter protests and demonstrations calling for less stringent public health measures to combat COVID-19 (e.g., for swifter…
The structure of opportunities for citizen activism in democratic or autocratic regime diverge sharply, such as in freedom of expression, association, and assembly. These…
Vol. 21, Issue 3, Pages 304-316
When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived on the scene, the near-universal imposition of lockdowns and public health restrictions prompted many human rights advocates to sound the alarm…
Vol. 27, Issue 1, Pages 13-26
The Trump presidency featured a high volume of contentious mobilization. We describe the collection and aggregation of protest mobilization data from 2017 to 2021 and offer five…