Can citizen action translate into incumbents changing their regimes from within? @chknutsen.bsky.social and I find that the answer is yes in our latest piece, “Citizen Action and Elite Responses: Opposition Mass Movements and Regime Change From Within”, now out in JCR: doi.org/10.1177/0022... - ThreadSky

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vldjuve.bsky.social • 17 days ago

Can citizen action translate into incumbents changing their regimes from within? @chknutsen.bsky.social and I find that the answer is yes in our latest piece, “Citizen Action and Elite Responses: Opposition Mass Movements and Regime Change From Within”, now out in JCR: https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027251318938

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torewig.bsky.social•17 days ago

Congratulations!

vldjuve.bsky.social•17 days ago

This one of my favorite projects, leveraging output from two huge data collection efforts (NAVCO and HRD) and answering a question that has been on my mind for years. So happy it's out, and so happy for yet another smooth and rewarding collab with the great @chknutsen.bsky.social

chknutsen.bsky.social•16 days ago

Thanks for all your work with this paper and for another great collaboration, Vilde!

vldjuve.bsky.social•17 days ago

Hence we conclude that "nonviolence is a key component in many successful campaigns for democracy, also absent full-fledged revolutions."

vldjuve.bsky.social•17 days ago

Crucially, when we distinguish between a) violent vs nonviolent mass movements and b) democratizing vs non-democratizing incumbent-led transitions, only nonviolent mass movements are associated with incumbents opening up their regimes through directed democratizaton.

vldjuve.bsky.social•17 days ago

We run a range of models with data covering the years 1900-2019 and find a really robust association between citizen mass movements and incumbent-led regime change. This sheds light on why mass action is so strongly associated with regime change and democratization, even if revolutions are so rare.

haakongjerlw.bsky.social•17 days ago

Congratulations!!

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