Exploring both historical cases of civil resistance and more contemporary examples such as the Arab Awakenings and various ongoing movements in the United States, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides a comprehensive and engaging review of the current field of knowledge.

Chapter 1: What is Civil Resistance? Chapter 2: How Civil Resistance Works Chapter 3: Civil Resistance and Violence against the Movement Chapter 4: Civil Resistance and Violence from within the Movement Chapter 5: Civil Resistance Around the World Chapter 6: The Long-Term Effects of Civil Resistance Chapter 7: Civil Resistance Today and Tomorrow Chapter 8: Resources

"Civil Resistance is an absolutely essential book for peace activists and anybody interested in history or in creating a better world. So pretty much everyone, then" -- Ian Sinclair, Peace News. February 2022. "Erica Chenowethâs book is the user manual we need for the long and difficult struggle ahead of us." -- Deepak Bhargava and Harry Hanbury, The Forge "Erica Chenowethâs latest book...offers a detailed and approachable insight into civil resistance, representing the pinnacle of their work on the use of violence within civil action." -- Francisca Castro, Social Movement Studies "Erica Chenoweth has written an excellent book on civil resistance" -- Ron Pagnucco, The Journal of Social Encounters "Chenoweth provides a fantastic compendium of scholarship and general insights on civil resistance that should be valuable for academics and activists alike." -- Jessica Maves Braithwaite, International Relations "This book is as much advocacy as it is an analscholarship and general insights on civil resistance that nonviolence. Civil Resistance: What Everyone should be valuable for academics and activists alike." -- Jessica Maves Braithwaite, International Relations A major contribution to the human race. - Mary Elizabeth King, Professor, UN University for Peace & Distinguished Rothermere American Institute Fellow, University of Oxford With violence in the streets and the efficacy of non-violence in question, this book could not be more tragically, propitiously timed. We as a country are literally wrestling with the text, the subtext, and the whole of this book. Civil Resistance speaks to what we need to do and how we need to do it. It gives us historical context, an empirical basis, and moral direction for how to change the world. A critically important book - now - right now. - Cornell William Brooks, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School; Former President & CEO, NAACP This book is a remarkable achievement, synthesizing up-to-date research, new case accounts, and significant new insights in a way that is accessible to all. Take its title literally. It is a guide for everyone - whether new or with years of experience - to the dynamics of nonviolent movements fighting for rights, freedom, and justice. I highly recommend it. - Hardy Merriman, President & CEO, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

Selling point: Introduces the essentials of how and why civil resistance works in a conversational and accessible style Selling point: Concise yet systematic overview that draws from both historical and contemporary cases, including the present-day United States Selling point: Demonstrates the centrally important role civil resistance has played in shaping our world

Erica Chenoweth is the Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights & International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Foreign Policy ranked Chenoweth among the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2013 for "proving Gandhi right." Chenoweth also won the 2014 Karl Deutsch Award, given annually by the International Studies Association to the scholar under 40 who has made the most significant impact on the field of international politics or peace research. Chenoweth is the co-author of Why Civil Resistance Works, which won the American Political Science Association's Woodrow Wilson Prize, the most prestigious award in the field.

Selling point: Introduces the essentials of how and why civil resistance works in a conversational and accessible style Selling point: Concise yet systematic overview that draws from both historical and contemporary cases, including the present-day United States Selling point: Demonstrates the centrally important role civil resistance has played in shaping our world