Dworschak, Christoph orcid.org/0000-0003-0196-9545 (2023) Civil resistance in the streetlight:replicating and assessing evidence on nonviolent effectiveness. Comparative Politics. ISSN 0010-4159
Abstract
Does civil resistance work? Research emphasizes the effectiveness of nonviolent resistance over violent resistance in achieving campaign goals, with the seminal study "Why Civil Resistance Works" (WCRW) by Chenoweth and Stephan being the main point of reference to date. I revisit this pivotal finding in three steps. First, I reproduce WCRW's results on nonviolent effectiveness. Second, I discuss how cases may have been overlooked due to a streetlight effect. Third, I quantify the results' sensitivity using simulations. I find that WCRW's main findings on nonviolent effectiveness are highly sensitive to variable selection and undercoverage bias, bootstrapping, and omitted variable bias. As a routine reference in scholarship and the public discourse, assessing the robustness of WCRW's findings is relevant to practitioners and research spanning the past decade.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2023 14:30 |
Last Modified: | 27 Feb 2025 00:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.5129/001041523X16745900727169 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.5129/001041523X16745900727169 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:196441 |
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