Nonviolent revolutions often fail to build post-regime governance

Evidence

Mass nonviolent resistance is an effective vehicle for large-scale sociopolitical change. Building a representative government in the aftermath is another matter. Dislodging despotic rulers liberates oppressed factions who vie for power in the governance vacuum. Initial euphoria usually gives rise to disillusionment over controversial changes and the slow pace of change. What is lacking are prosocial models on how to meld diverse self-interest into common cause for humane representative governance. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2144 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Tunisia’s uprising produced political shifts but no new economic order — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 309; Post-rebellion capitulations abandoned the earlier convivencia framework; Committed nonviolent resistance defeated major oppressive regimes in the 20th century (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Nonviolent revolution succeeds at toppling rulers but fails at building representative government. #expands (0.95)
• Nonviolent revolution succeeds but lacks prosocial models for post-despot governance #expands (0.93) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2144
• Defeated revolutionary movements often self-destruct rather than self-correct #complicates (0.72)