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Pranksters vs. Autocrats
Why Dilemma Actions Advance Nonviolent Activism
Author(s)
Popovic, Srdja
McClennen, Sophia A.
Language
EnglishAbstract
The Lawrence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world. The 2020 Brown Democracy Medal winner, Srdja Popovic, was a leader in the revolution that brought down the Milošević regime in Serbia and he continues to help protestors around the world learn effective, sometimes humorous, nonviolent tactics. In 2020, he teamed up with Sophia A. McClennen to study the concept of "dilemma actions," which offers a structured, strategic approach to fighting back against authoritarianism, as well as for defending democracy.
Keywords
progressive social movements, laughtivism, dilemma actions, public kissing and Erdogan, Gandhi's Salt March, Estonia's Laughing Revolution, Arab Spring tacticsDOI
10.7298/qx0d-aj86ISBN
9781501756078, 9781501756061, 9781501756054, 9781501756078, 9781501756061Publisher
Cornell University PressPublisher website
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/Publication date and place
Ithaca, 2022Grantor
Imprint
Cornell SelectsSeries
Brown Democracy Medal,Classification
Political activism / Political engagement
Political structures: democracy
Corruption in politics, government and society