Editing Nonviolence (section)

== Research ==
A 2016 study finds that "increasing levels of globalization are positively associated with the emergence of nonviolent campaigns, while negatively influencing the probability of violent campaigns. Integration into the world increases the popularity of peaceful alternatives to achieve political goals."<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Globalization and contentious politics: A comparative analysis of nonviolent and violent campaigns|journal = Conflict Management and Peace Science|volume = 35|issue = 4|issn = 0738-8942|pages = 315–335|doi = 10.1177/0738894215623073|language = en|first = Süveyda|last = Karakaya|year = 2018|s2cid = 147472801}}</ref> A 2020 study found that nonviolent campaigns were more likely to succeed when there was not an ethnic division between actors in the campaign and in the government.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pischedda|first=Costantino|date=2020-02-12|title=Ethnic Conflict and the Limits of Nonviolent Resistance|journal=Security Studies|volume=29|issue=2|pages=362–391|doi=10.1080/09636412.2020.1722854|s2cid=212965225|issn=0963-6412}}</ref> According to a 2020 study in the ''American Political Science Review'', nonviolent civil rights protests boosted vote shares for the Democratic party in presidential elections in nearby counties, but violent protests substantially boosted white support for Republicans in counties near to the violent protests.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wasow|first=Omar|date=2020|title=Agenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Elites, Public Opinion and Voting|journal=American Political Science Review|language=en|volume=114|issue=3|pages=638–659|doi=10.1017/S000305542000009X|issn=0003-0554|doi-access=free}}</ref>