Erica Chenoweth, Ph.D. is the Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Kennedy School and a Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Chenoweth directs the Nonviolent Action Lab at Harvard’s
Erica Chenoweth directs the Nonviolent Action Lab at Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Chenoweth and Maria Stephan researched and published an empirical study titled Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict. Carol Boss of Peace Talks Radio interviewed Chenoweth about their work and learned why nonviolent campaigns are most often more effective than violent revolt. Examples include The Philippines, Serbia and the United States.
Carol Boss conducted this interview for Peace Talks Radio. It has been edited and updated for WINGS by Frieda Werden.
The original, longer interview for Peace Talks Radio can be downloaded here: http://www.goodradioshows.org/extendedinterviews/ChenowethComplete.mp3
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