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3.5% rule en · PROPN

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1. The observation that nonviolent resistance campaigns involving at least 3.5% of the population are likely to achieve political change.
   • Regarding the “3.5% rule”, she [Erica Chenoweth] points out that while 3.5% is a small minority, such a level of active participation probably means many more people tacitly agree with the cause. 2019 May 13, David Robson, “The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world”, in BBC, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2025:

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