Protest

An emerging consensus holds that nonviolent resistance campaigns are more successful than violent campaigns, partly because they …

Do more protesters on the streets make governments likely to grant their demands? Several studies link protest size and government …

We introduce the Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns (ARC) dataset, which records information on 1,426 organizations that participated in …

When are episodes of resistance likely to lead to democratization? We argue that the participation of durable organizations rooted in …

Do peacekeeping missions facilitate nonviolent political contention in post–civil war countries? The nonviolent expression of political …

Previous research has shown that successful non-violent resistance (NVR) campaigns promote democracy compared with violent revolutions …

Research shows a strong connection between nonviolent civil resistance and democratization. Yet many successful civil resistance …

How have activists responded to the COVID-19 pandemic? While there have been many anecdotal reports of the pandemic’s impact, …

Did the 2017 Women’s March significantly affect American politics? I use an instrumental variables approach to show significant effects positive effects on levels of future activism and the 2018 Democratic vote share.

How can we understand when nonviolent movements will stay nonviolent? When are they likely to break down into violence? In this …