The Power of Bottom-Up Civic Coalitions

Democratic Governance and Consolidation

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Nonviolent campaigns are much more likely to have a higher level of post-conflict democracy than violent insurgencies.

Report: How Freedom Is Won: From Civic Resistance to Durable Democracy

This study by Adrian Karatnycky and Peter Ackerman suggests that the choice of strategies employed by the opposition in developing resistance to oppression is of fundamental importance to the outcome for freedom. This, in turn, suggests that both the international community and the leaders of opposition movements should pay close attention to these findings.