Non Violent Collective Action

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In 19 89, the peaceful pro democracy protests at tianaman square in china came to a violent and bloody end. Hundreds of unarmed civilians, hungry for freedom, muddam basing by gun firing soldiers. As the world watches and listens to horror, the peacefulprodemocracy demonstration in china comes to a violent end,. crushed by waves of chinese military forces. The people power movement in the philippines or the solidarity movement in poland, or the anti pinochet movement in chile. i could think of no example where an armed revolution had succeeded erica.

Does power truly flow from the barrel of a gun? Pop culture and conventional history often teach us that violence is the most effective way to produce change. But is that common assumption actually true? Political scientist Erica Chenoweth, who has studied more than 100 years of revolutions and insurrections, says the answer is counterintuitive.

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