I review the development of the political opportunity or political process perspective, which
has animated a great deal of research on social movements. The essential insight—that the …

This article reviews central problems in political opportunity theory and explores the
implications of adopting certain conceptualizations of political opportunities for explaining …

A sweeping overview of civil resistance movements around the world that explains what they
are, how they work, why they are often effective, and why they can fail. Civil resistance is a …

Galvanized by Greta Thunberg's idea for Friday school strikes,“climate strikes” emerged in
2018 and 2019 as a form of youth social movement demanding far-reaching action on …

In 2011, the international community watched as a shockingly unlikely community of citizens
toppled three of the world's most entrenched dictators: Ben Ali in Tunisia, Mubarak in Egypt …

For more than a century, from 1900 to 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more
than twice as effective as their violent counterparts in achieving their stated goals. By …

Organizations are frequent targets for social activists aiming to influence society by first
altering organizational policies and practices. Reflecting a steady rise in research on this …

Several years after the Arab Spring began, democracy remains elusive in the Middle East.
The Arab Spring that resides in the popular imagination is one in which a wave of mass …

Why do Muslim-majority countries exhibit high levels of authoritarianism and low levels of
socio-economic development in comparison to world averages? Ahmet T. Kuru criticizes …

Este artigo apresenta as três principais teorias de explicação dos movimentos sociais,
constituídas nos anos 1970; a Teoria de Mobilização de Recursos, a Teoria do Processo …