Erica Chenoweth on the 3.5% Rule & Nonviolent Resistance | The Daily Show

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”It’s rarely possible to melt the heart of a dictator, but what you can do is restrain his options.” Harvard Kennedy School professor and author of "Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know,” Erica Chenoweth, sits down with Michael Kosta to discuss their groundbreaking research on nonviolent resistance that led to the development of “The 3.5% Rule,” which found that no mass movements against …

”It’s rarely possible to melt the heart of a dictator, but what you can do is restrain his options.” Harvard Kennedy School professor and author of "Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know,” Erica Chenoweth, sits down with Michael Kosta to discuss their groundbreaking research on nonviolent resistance that led to the development of “The 3.5% Rule,” which found that no mass movements against …

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