From dissent to democracy the promise and perils of civil resistance transitions / Jonathan C. Pinckney.
| Author/creator | Pinckney, Jonathan C. |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, 2020. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : when the revolution doesn't deliver -- The challenges of civil resistance transitions -- The challenges at work : testing the civil resistance transitions data -- "The elephant's tail :" Nepal's transition to fractious semi-democracy -- "Power is sweet" : elite semi-democracy in Zambia -- Brazil : mobilization and moderation -- Civil resistance and democratization. |
| Abstract | "Under what conditions will successful nonviolent revolutions lead to democratization? While the scholarly literature has shown that nonviolent resistance has a positive effect on a country's level of democracy, little research to date has disaggregated this population to explain which cases of successful nonviolent resistance lead to democracy and which do not. This book presents a theory of democratization in transitions initiated by nonviolent resistance based on the successful resolution of two central strategic challenges: maintaining high transitional mobilization and avoiding institutionally destructive maximalism. I test the theory first on a dataset of every transition from authoritarian rule in the post-World War II period and second with three in-depth case studies informed by interviews with key decision-makers in Nepal, Zambia, and Brazil. The testing supports the importance of high mobilization and low maximalism. Both have strong, consistent effects on democratization after nonviolent resistance"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Pinckney, Jonathan C.. From dissent to democracy New York : Oxford University Press, 2020. 9780190097301 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019055839 |
| ISBN | 9780190097332 (epub) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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