Milosevic Intervention: The Grassroots Mobilization Theory

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I found the third theory of change that lies behind this intervention is “The Grassroots Mobilization Theory” which teaches us about “when the people lead, the leaders will follow” (Church & Rogers, 2006, p.15). In other words, I have learned that if the nonviolent resistance movements mobilize enough, the opposition and the political leaders will have to pay attention. In this regards, Otpor took every opportunity to mock Milosevic regime’s stupidity and brutality. They showed Serbians the true nature of his regime, exposing the government and making fun of them. However, during 1999 and 2000, many arrests of Otpor’ activists occurred, but “still Milosevic failed to understand: as the arrests continued and the repression grew, the resistance

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