When Civil Resistance Succeeds: Building Democracy After Nonviolent Uprisings

Why do some nonviolent revolutions lead to successful democratization while others fail to consolidate democratic change? And what can activists do to push toward a victory over dictatorship that results in long-term political freedom? When Civil Resistance Succeeds: Building Democracy After Popular Nonviolent Uprisings (ICNC Press 2018) by Jonathan Pinckney explores these questions offering takeaways for a variety of readers interested in supporting nonviolent movements on how to achieve democratic change after civil resistance has succeeded.