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ID188034
Title ProperExclusionary Politics and Organized Resistance
LanguageENG
AuthorAcosta, Benjamin
Summary / Abstract (Note)In seeking to overthrow, reform, or separate from an existing political system, both violent and nonviolent resistance organizations emerge. A common finding shows that democracies face violent resistance more so than autocracies. Studied less remains the pattern of organizations using nonviolence in efforts to topple autocratic regimes. What explains these trends in conjunction with one another? I put forth a theory contending that exclusionary politics frames the organizational use of violence and nonviolence in resistance campaigns. To test hypotheses, I analyze an original dataset of over 500 resistance organizations (1940–2014). I complement the large-n tests by reviewing resistance organizations that formed amid Lebanon’s Civil War (1975–1990) and Cedar Revolution (2005) using field methods, qualitative contextualization, and process tracing. The results reveal that the relationship between the target political system and the degree of inclusion of a resistance organization’s constituent identity group helps explain the adoption of violent strategies.
`In' analytical NoteTerrorism and Political Violence Vol. 34, No.1-4; Jan-Jun 2022: p.341-363
Journal SourceTerrorism and Political Violence Vol: 34 No 1-4
Key WordsPolitical Violence ;  Lebanon ;  Democratization ;  Resistance Organizations ;  Exclusionary Politics ;  Nonviolent Revolution


 
 
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