The study of terrorism and political violence has been characterized by a lack of
generalizable theory and methodology. This essay proposes that social movement theory …

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 …

“[Tufekci's] personal experience in the squares and streets, melded with her scholarly
insights on technology and communication platforms, makes [this] such an unusual and …

Dictatorship is not what it was once. Military and single-party regimes have been withering
away. Today, most dictators organize multiparty elections. The Politics of Uncertainty …

Based on a survey of participants in Egypt's Tahrir Square protests, we demonstrate that
social media in general, and Facebook in particular, provided new sources of information …

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 …

Why do some countries emerge from civil war more democratic than when they entered into
it, while others remain staunchly autocratic? Observers widely depict internal conflict as a …

Social movements have an elusive power but one that is altogether real. From the French
and American revolutions to the Arab Spring, and to ethnic and terrorist movements of today …

Revolutions, social movements, religious and ethnic conflict, nationalism and civil rights, and
transnational movements: these forms of contentious politics combine in Charles Tilly's and …

Despite the prevalence of nonviolent uprisings in recent history, no existing scholarship has
produced a generalized explanation of when and where such uprisings are most likely to …