University of Denver Digital Commons @ DU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Graduate Studies 1-1-2014 Winning Well: Civil Resistance Mechanisms of Success, Democracy, and Civil Peace Jonathan C. Pinckney University of Denver Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd Part of the Comparative Politics Commons, Peace and Conflict Studies Commons, and the Political Theory Commons Recommended Citation Pinckney, Jonathan C., "Winning Well: Civil Resistance Mechanisms of Success, Democracy, and Civil Peace" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 517. https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/517 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies at Digital Commons @ DU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ DU. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Winning Well: Civil Resistance Mechanisms of Success, Democracy, and Civil Peace __________ A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies University of Denver __________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts __________ by Jonathan C. Pinckney June 2014 Advisor: Erica Chenoweth ©Copyright by Jonathan C. Pinckney 2014 All Rights Reserved Author: Jonathan C. Pinckney Title: Winning Well: Civil Resistance Mechanisms of Success, Democracy, and Civil Peace Advisor: Erica Chenoweth Degree Date: June 2014 Abstract Several recent studies indicate that revolutions of non-violent civil resistance lead to more democratic and peaceful political transitions than either violent revolutions or elite-led political transitions. However, this general trend has not been disaggregated to explain the many prominent cases where nonviolent revolutions are followed by authoritarianism or civil war.