313 - The 3.5 Percent Rule - Erica Chenoweth

If you want to overthrow a dictator, resist an authoritarian regime, or create a movement that can change the national status quo, you don't need half the country, you only need 3.5 percent of the population to join – but there are some caveats, and Erica Chenoweth whose research led to the discovery of the 3.5 Percent Rule, explains them to us in this episode.
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Why Civil Resistance Works (the paper) (nonviolent-conflict.org/wp-content/uploads/201…)
Why Civil Resistance Works (the book) (cup.columbia.edu/book/why-civil-resistance-wor…)
The TED Talk (tedxboulder.com/speakers/erica-chenoweth)
The Q&A (belfercenter.org/publication/qa-erica-chenoweth)
How Minds Change (davidmcraney.com/howmindschangehome)
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