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Dec 2020
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Protests in Perspective: Civil Disobedie...

CARNEGIE COUNCIL FOR ETHICS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
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Civil disobedience is a storied political tradition. Can it empower today's activists? How should we understand the connection between protest and democracy? Citing movements from the recent past and using empirical data, Harvard Kennedy School's Professor Chenoweth and The New School's Professor Woodly address the relationship between forms of resistance and successful progressive reform and detail how the Movement for Black Lives is putting these ideas into practice around the world.

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