Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Civil Disobedience
- Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
- The Cambridge Companion to Civil Disobedience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction: Why, Once Again, Civil Disobedience?
- Part I Plural Voices, Rival Frameworks
- Part II Different Elements, Competing Interpretations
- Part III Changing Circumstances, Political Consequences
- 12 Global Citizenship, Global Civil Disobedience, and Political Vices
- 13 Civil Disobedience by States?
- 14 Coding Resistance: Digital Strategies of Civil Disobedience
- 15 Whistleblowing as Civil Disobedience
- 16 Consequences of Civil Disobedience
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
16 - Consequences of Civil Disobedience
from Part III - Changing Circumstances, Political Consequences
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 June 2021
- The Cambridge Companion to Civil Disobedience
- Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
- The Cambridge Companion to Civil Disobedience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction: Why, Once Again, Civil Disobedience?
- Part I Plural Voices, Rival Frameworks
- Part II Different Elements, Competing Interpretations
- Part III Changing Circumstances, Political Consequences
- 12 Global Citizenship, Global Civil Disobedience, and Political Vices
- 13 Civil Disobedience by States?
- 14 Coding Resistance: Digital Strategies of Civil Disobedience
- 15 Whistleblowing as Civil Disobedience
- 16 Consequences of Civil Disobedience
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
Summary
Most literature on civil disobedience focuses on defining what it is, philosophical or political justifications for its use, or jurisprudential issues surrounding its use. Much less attention is given to its consequences. After briefly considering methodological challenges in assessing consequences, outcomes, or effects of civil disobedience, I address individual, political, and cultural consequences. Individual consequences of civil disobedience are effects on those who engage in civil disobedience, such as sanctioning by the government or experiencing liberating and empowering emotions. Political consequences are effects of civil disobedience on the political environment, such as initiating public deliberation or debate, mobilizing support for a cause, or tangible change in social practices, law, policy, or government.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Civil Disobedience , pp. 407 - 428Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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