According to Erica Chenoweth, there is no one, single moment when a country crosses from a democracy into an autocracy. Instead, as she tells The New Yorker, "The norms and institutions can grow weaker over years, or decades, without people noticing."
According to Erica Chenoweth, relatively high female participation in protests correlates with success in overthrowing a government or achieving territorial independence because it suggests widespread support and an openness to different strategies.
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University has launched a new interactive map that catalogs mass uprisings, drawing from research by Erica Chenoweth and Carr Fellow Christopher Shay.
