Video - Harvard Kennedy School

Why Civil Resistance Works

| Sep. 08, 2021

Behind the Book Series

Overview

We are living in an age of mass political participation, and civil resistance has emerged as a mainstay of the many social movements active around the world. On this episode of "Behind the Book", we speak with Erica Chenoweth, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Kennedy School, about their new book, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know, which provides a robust introduction to the theory and practice of civil resistance.

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The Author

Erica Chenoweth