Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know
Erica Chenoweth
Chenoweth’s Civil Resistance starts with a definition of the term. Then replies to many common questions about it.
Chenoweth first approached civil resistance as a skeptic. However, she changed her opinion about its efficacy after studying the phenomenon objectively.
Not only does civil resistance work, but it is more than twice as effective as violent resistance!
As a non-academic, I find Chenoweth’s Civil Resistance highly accessible. Not only that, it is inspiring.
Earlier this year, I got tear-gassed at a largely peaceful protest. And last month, France erupted into riots because police killed an unarmed 17 boy of North African extraction.
Chenoweth might be an academic, but what she studies is not restricted to the Ivory Tower.
I will use her book to reflect upon other civil resistance movements I see in the years to come.
Civil Resistance gets my recommendation, and I will speak about it to my socially engaged friends.
Check out Erica Chenoweth’s website here.
See my review of Chenoweth’s last book below.
Did you read Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know? What did you think? Are you a non-violent activist? What inspired you?