Conclusions

Abstract

Abstract The conclusion outlines the transformative violence argument, presents case evidence used to build the argument, and discusses its applicability in the global context. It also highlights the advantages of the transformative violence approach in understanding sudden mobilization and mobilization against violence, for both social science researchers and policy analysts. Following events of transformative violence, deep changes took place in India and Mexico; the most substantive transformation took place among kin activists, whose plight was reproduced on the national and international levels and who continue to focus public attention on the identifiable victims years after the violent event. Smaller-scale violent events that involve attacks on marginalized communities and generate narrower mobilization take place with greater frequency than those that shake nations.