Political Violence at a Glance
  • About
  • Contributors
  • Topics
    • Russia-Ukraine Conflict
    • Asia
    • Civil War
    • Climate Change
    • Editor’s Picks
    • Elections
    • Ethics
    • Europe
    • Foreign Policy
    • Governance
    • Human Rights
    • Interstate War
    • Justice
    • Latin America
    • Middle East
    • Nonviolent Resistance
    • North Africa
    • Protest
    • Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Technology
    • Terrorism
    • United States
  • Submission guidelines
Contact Information
If you have questions about the blog, please contact us at pvglance@gmail.com
Political Violence at a Glance
SUBSCRIBE
Political Violence at a Glance
  • About
  • Contributors
  • Topics
    • Russia-Ukraine Conflict
    • Asia
    • Civil War
    • Climate Change
    • Editor’s Picks
    • Elections
    • Ethics
    • Europe
    • Foreign Policy
    • Governance
    • Human Rights
    • Interstate War
    • Justice
    • Latin America
    • Middle East
    • Nonviolent Resistance
    • North Africa
    • Protest
    • Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Technology
    • Terrorism
    • United States
  • Submission guidelines

Browsing Tag

Nonviolence

28 posts
Read More

Speaking of Riots: The Complicated Reality of Violence vs. Nonviolence

  • February 8, 2021
Guest post by Benjamin S. Case Riots are a significant feature of the political landscape. In the past…
Read More
5
0
0
“Violence will not come back to my city.” An anti-violence campaign sign in Medellin, Colombia. Photo courtesy of Albeiror24.
Read More

The Promise and Perils of Postwar Cities

  • January 24, 2020
Guest post by Kristine Höglund, Emma Elfversson, and Ivan Gusic More than half of the global population lives…
Read More
0
0
0
Read More

Accommodating the Hong Kong Protests, It’s Not Too Surprising

  • September 24, 2019
Guest post by Graig R. Klein. After months of boiling discontent, Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, extended…
Read More
7
0
0
Read More

Hierarchy and Central Leadership Help Nonviolent Campaigns Prevail When Fringe Terrorism Occurs

  • March 21, 2019
Guest post by Margherita Belgioioso, Stefano Costalli, and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch. Recent research shows that nonviolent dissent can…
Read More
4
0
0
Read More

States are Far Less Likely to Engage in Mass Violence Against Nonviolent Uprisings than Violent Uprisings

  • May 8, 2018
By Erica Chenoweth and Evan Perkoski for Denver Dialogues.  What drives governments to crack down on and kill…
Read More
0
0
0
Read More

How Civilians Talk Their Way out of Violence

  • April 3, 2018
By Oliver Kaplan for Denver Dialogues. When Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan in 2012,…
Read More
5
0
0
Read More

Can Civilian Nonviolent Action Deter Massacres?

  • September 26, 2017
By Oliver Kaplan for Denver Dialogues Nonviolent action can be a useful tool for voicing citizen concerns and even…
Read More
0
0
0
Read More

Mao, Gandhi, and the Choice Between Violent and Nonviolent Action

  • September 11, 2017
Guest Post by Ches Thurber Last week, Cullen Hendrix wrote a thoughtful and thought-provoking piece on this blog…
Read More
1
0
0
Read More

Free to Choose? Violent vs. Nonviolent Resistance and the Limits of Choice

  • August 29, 2017
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues I spent a good thirty minutes the other day lurking on a…
Read More
1
0
0
Read More

To Dissent or Not to Dissent? Principles of Ethical Resistance for US Federal Servants

  • February 24, 2017
Guest post by Maciej Bartkowski. “I thought I was the president, but when it comes to these bureaucrats,…
Read More
26
0
1

About

Political Violence @ A Glance is an award-winning online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, Barbara F. Walter, and Joe Young that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world's conflict zones. Supported by the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), our goal is to use rigorous research, and simple, straight-forward analysis, to improve policies and practices in ways that help reduce conflict and build lasting peace.

Editor’s Picks
  • Best Books of 2022: Fiction and Graphic Novel Edition
    • January 11, 2023
  • Ten Years of Political Violence At A Glance
    • December 16, 2022
  • Juneteenth 2.0—or Putting Black Folk Back into Their Emancipation
    • June 19, 2022
  • Other Peoples’ Wars
    • May 9, 2022
  • Why a Settlement in Ukraine Remains Out of Reach
    • April 22, 2022
AWARDS

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
Political Violence at a Glance
  • About
  • Contributors
  • Topics
  • Submission guidelines
Political Violence @ a Glance is an online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, Barbara Walter and Joe Young, that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world’s conflict zones. Political Violence @ A Glance is supported by the UC Institute of Global Conflict & Cooperation, a University of California think tank specializing in research, training, and policy engagement around issues related to international security, economic development, political violence and its antecedents, and peace building.