This article is about the political term. For other uses, see People Power (disambiguation).
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political change, democratisation
Mass protest in Libya, 2011.
"People Power" is a political term denoting the populist driving force of any social movement which invokes the authority of grassroots opinion and willpower, usually in opposition to that of conventionally organised corporate or political forces. People power protest attempts to make changes in the political process of a given state - it refers to “revolutions driven by civil society mobilisation” which result in a reconfiguration of political power in a given state.[1] As denoted by the name, this method is reliant on popular participation “civilian-based”[2] and therefore does not include isolated acts or protest without an overarching organisation by a group of people. People power can be manifested as a small-scale protest or campaign for neighborhood change;[3] or as wide-ranging, revolutionary action involving national street demonstrations, work stoppages and general strikes intending to overthrow an existing government and/or political system. With regards to tactics employed by People Power movements, both nonviolence and violence have been used throughout history: as was the case in the non-violent 1986 People Power Revolution which overthrew the Marcos régime, or the violent uprising in Libya in 2011.
As denoted by the name, people power movements are reliant on popular participation and are therefore supported by civilians,[4] as opposed to a governmental organisation or military wing. For this reason, academics and historians often consider the grassroots nature of people power movements,[5] as they express the discontent of the governed.
^Fukuoka, Y 2015, ‘Who brought down the dictator? A critical reassessment of so-called ‘People power’ revolutions in the Philippines and Indonesia’, The Pacific Review, vol.28, no.3, p.411
^Schock, K 2005, Unarmed Insurrections People Power Movements In Non-democracies, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, USA, p.xvi.
^An example is the use of popular petitions and media techniques, as by Greenpeace in Australia (2012) to oppose the deployment of a giant-size fishing trawler. See People power wins! Super trawler banned Archived 2017-12-14 at the Wayback Machine at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, 2012
^Hollnsteiner, M 1976, ‘People Power: Community Participation in the Planning and Implementation of Human Settlements’, Philippine Studies, vol. 24, no.1, p.5.
^Fukuoka, Y 2015, ‘Who brought down the dictator? A critical reassessment of so-called ‘People power’ revolutions in the Philippines and Indonesia’, The Pacific Review, vol.28, no.3, pp.412.
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