From Dissent to Democracy

The Promise and Perils of Civil Resistance Transitions

Jonathan C. Pinckney (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2020
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-009731-8 (ISBN)

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Peaceful protest is a strong driver for democratization across the globe. Yet, it doesn't always lead to democratic transition, as seen in the Arab Spring revolutions in Egypt or Yemen. Why do some nonviolent transitions end in democracy while others do not? In From Dissent to Democracy, Jonathan Pinckney systematically examines transitions initiated by nonviolent resistance campaigns and argues that two key factors explain whether or not democracy will follow such efforts. First, a movement must sustain high levels of social mobilization. Second, it must direct that mobilization away from revolutionary "maximalist" goals and tactics and towards support for new institutions. Pinckney tests his theory by presenting a global statistical analysis of all political transitions from 1945-2011 and three case studies from Nepal, Zambia, and Brazil. Original and empirically rigorous, this book provides new insights into the intersection of democratization and nonviolent resistance and gives actionable recommendations for how to encourage democratic transitions.

Jonathan C. Pinckney is a Program Officer in the Program on Nonviolent Action at the United States Institute of Peace. He received his PhD in 2018 from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: When the Revolution Doesn't Deliver
Chapter 1: The Challenges of Civil Resistance Transitions
Chapter 2: The Challenges at Work: Testing the Civil Resistance Transitions Data
Chapter 3: "The Elephant's Tail:" Nepal's Transition to Fractious Semi-Democracy
Chapter 4: "Power is Sweet" Elite Semi-Democracy in Zambia
Chapter 5: Brazil: Mobilization and Moderation
Chapter 6: Civil Resistance and Democratization
Works Cited
Appendix

Erscheinungsdatum	29.06.2020
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	234 x 155 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-19-009731-0 / 0190097310
ISBN-13	978-0-19-009731-8 / 9780190097318
Zustand	Neuware