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Nonviolence And Diversity

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Erica Chenoweth and Mari J. Stephan interprets the statistics in favour of nonviolence by arguing that the key elements for the success of nonviolence are participation rate which is mostly higher than violent resistance movements, and mobilization allowed by this participation (Chenoweth, Stephan, 2011, p.31). High participation may increase diversity and increased diversity will have three benefits: a) The more diverse members of movement are, the more people with different ethnicities and ideologies can be influenced which will increase the impact of the movement; b) It will retain the movement from being the subject of a single group and c) The higher number of people encourages more people by giving them the sense of security (Chenoweth,
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