Democracy and Nonviolent Uprising

• In Event: Causes and Consequences of Repression

Brief Overview

Our results suggest strong support that both the level of democracy and type of protests determine government’s response. While nonviolent uprisings stay nonviolent in strong democracies,they turn violent if the country has a lower polity level.

Authors

• Melda Ozsut, Texas Tech University

• Seyma Akyol, University of North Texas