This article by democratization experts Peter Ackerman and Jack Duvall examines people power, the ability of ordinary citizens to overthrow undemocratic regimes. Includes a historical timeline demonstrating cases where people power has brought about democratization and the theoretical underpinnings of people power.
Harvard International Review, Summer 2005
A Force More Powerful explores how popular movements battled entrenched regimes and military forces with weapons very different from guns and bullets.…
In this speech Jack DuVall lays out his vision of the 21st century where self-government will become universal, and the knowledge to organize, mobiliz…
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During times of injustice, some individuals or groups courageously resist maltreatment of all people, regardless of backgrounds. Using various case st…
