Protest Archives - Political Violence at a Glance

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Can People Be Manipulated to Protest?

August 10, 2022

Guest post by Sarah J. Lockwood We live in an era of increasing protest, with large-scale, sustained social…

A protestor throwing a tear gas canister. Photo courtesy of C64-92.

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Pandemics and Political Violence

April 8, 2020

By Reed Wood and guest contributor Thorin Wright Recent posts on Political Violence At A Glance have highlighted…

Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash.

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Migrants, Abandoned

March 17, 2020

By guest contributor Chiara Ruffa The scenes are by now familiar: the Greek Coast Guard firing on a…

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Explaining Iran’s Response to the Protests

January 18, 2018

By Graig R. Klein & Patrick M. Regan The recent protests in Iran are the bubbling over of…

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How Can We Know When Popular Movements Are Winning? Look to These Four Trends

November 15, 2016

By Erica Chenoweth for Denver Dialogues. In the past week, an awful lot of people have asked me…

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Guatemala Calling: Lynchings and the Politics of Inequality

August 4, 2015

By Matthew Klick for Denver Dialogues On May 20th, 2015, a sixteen-year-old girl was captured, beaten and, while…

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Political Violence Thought of the Week

December 5, 2012

By Erica Chenoweth “Peaceful protests are all we have at our disposal.” This thought comes from a Russian…

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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.