DB Folder/DB#2: His 208: History 208-Exploring Global History: The World Turned Upside Down Fall Spring 2024
Essay 2/DB#2: February 11-17.
Reminder: There are no classes and no work due on Feb. 12
Topic: Violent and non-violent revolutions
Required Readings: All the following are located on BB under Course Information
Both of the following articles are on BB under Course Information. For this DB essay you must find one outside source to support your opinion. (You cannot use outside sources unless it specifically says to in the DB Folder.)
Ed Carins (Oxfam) “Violence v non-violence : which is more effective as a driver of change? https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/give-peace-a-chance-because-violent-change-doesnt-have-one/ Required
Maria J. Stephans & Erica Chenoweth. “Why Civil Resistance Works. The Strategic Logic of Non-violent Conflicts,” International Security, Volume 33, No. #1 (summer 2008), pp 7-44. Required
Goldstone, Jack. “Chapter 11: The Future of Revolutions.” Revolution. A Very Short
Introduction. NY: Oxford University Press, 2014. (131-133) Required
You must then find one article which helps support your opinion. Required
Discussion Board: Answer the following question and upload it to DB2 and post your response to one of your classmates by 11:30 pm on February 17.
Question: For this DB essay, you must read both articles and the Goldstone chapter and discuss which type of revolution (violent of non-violent), in your opinion, is more successful. You must then find one article which helps support your opinion.
If you think that the success of a violent or non-violent revolution depends upon the timeframe they occur in, you should state that.
Reminder: List the sources you used at the end of DB2 essay 2. You can just cut and paste from this folder.
Reminder: Each DB answers must be at least 500 words and at the end of the paper you must list
your sources using MLA citation. Do not plagiarize use proper methods of citation (footnotes,
endnotes or parentheticals). See guidelines for writing papers in the syllabus. Please type
your answer, save the file and upload it to the DB. Please list the sources you used in your answer.
Please use MLA form of citations. For this DB essay only , you need to use an outside source.