The role of protests on the journey to a politics without violence

Pearce, Jenny and Garzón Vallejo, Iván (2022) The role of protests on the journey to a politics without violence. Deusto Journal of Human Rights (10). 77 - 101. ISSN 2530-4275

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This article explores the relationship between protest, violence and the possibility of a politics without violence. It argues that protest is not only a valid but also a necessary vehicle for the journey towards a politics without violence. Nevertheless, violence can emerge within protests as well as in response to them. The article will propose a thinking tool for understanding violence as a phenomenon with multiple expressions. It discusses movements to de-sanction violence and the research that has highlighted the role of non-violent protest, constructive nonviolent action and civil resistance in the history of social change. It will reflect on recent data bases which record the rise in protests in recent years and the role of violence within them. Finally, it will take the social protests in Chile and Colombia in 2019 and 2021, where although violence erupted mainly as vandalism and looting, with severe violent police responses, both protests, we argue, contributed to delineating a politics without violence through generating intermediation channels between the demands of the street and the institutional mechanisms for processing social change.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://djhr.revistas.deusto.es/index/
Additional Information:	© 2022 Universidad de Deusto.
Divisions:	IGA: Latin America and Caribbean Centre
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JL Political institutions (America except United States)
Date Deposited:	10 Jan 2023 12:33
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 17:27
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/117834

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