The Market Process as Nonviolent Action

Abstract

This paper connects the theory of the market process to scholarship on nonviolent action. Doing so advances market process theory by bringing its interaction with nonviolent action and its peace-building potential to the forefront. It advances scholarship on nonviolent action by extending the insights of this research to market contexts. In doing so we highlight the unique character of nonviolent action in markets. After discussing the theoretical connections between market process theory and nonviolent action we offer several illustrations of nonviolence in the market process.

Keywords: desegregation, Hanseatic League, market process theory, nonviolent action, Uber, virtual private networks, vegetarianism

JEL Classification: B53, D74, H10