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From Dissent to Democracy

The Promise and Perils of Civil Resistance Transitions

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

AvJonathan C. Pinckney

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-08-25
Mått234 x 155 x 17 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieOXFORD UNIV PR
Antal sidor264
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190097318

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: When the Revolution Doesn't DeliverChapter 1: The Challenges of Civil Resistance TransitionsChapter 2: The Challenges at Work: Testing the Civil Resistance Transitions DataChapter 3: "The Elephant's Tail:" Nepal's Transition to Fractious Semi-DemocracyChapter 4: "Power is Sweet" Elite Semi-Democracy in ZambiaChapter 5: Brazil: Mobilization and ModerationChapter 6: Civil Resistance and DemocratizationWorks CitedAppendix

Mass protests frequently drive democratization. But as the Arab Spring demonstrated, not all such mobilizations result in successful transitions to democratic rule; many such movements are successfully squashed. Combining high-quality statistical work as well as case studies of Brazil, Nepal and Zambia, Pinckney lands on some crucial lessons. To hold both autocrats and their successors accountable, mass mobilization must be sustained into the democratic era. But it also must ultimately be transformed into organized opposition to remain effective. Both of these tasks are hard, but as his cases show the second is particularly challenging.