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Karldieter Opp - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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personality traits big five and the propensity to Political Protest alternative models
Political Psychology, 2014Co-Authors: Hermann Brandstatter, Karldieter OppAbstract:In a representative panel study, citizens of Leipzig (East Germany) were interviewed in 1993 and 1996 about their incentives for and participation in Political Protest activities. Conscientiousness, neuroticism, agreeableness, openness to experience, and extraversion (the Big Five) were measured with 16 bipolar adjectives. The present report supplements a previous work of the authors that drew on the theories of rational choice and collective action and conceived of incentives as proximal causes and personality dispositions as distant causes of Political Protest. Based on structural equation modelling (SEM), the present article deals with the respondents' recurrent reports on Protest incentives and Protest acts as indicators of the latent construct Protest propensity that is according to the predictions directly influenced by openness to experience (O+), agreeableness (A−), neuroticism (N−), and reciprocity orientation (N*E+) with 35% explained variance.
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the dynamics of Political Protest feedback effects and interdependence in the explanation of Protest participation
Social Science Research Network, 2010Co-Authors: Karldieter Opp, Bernhard KittelAbstract:This article addresses three largely unsolved problems in theory and research on Political Protest. The first problem concerns feedback effects. The common assumption is that Protest is determined by various factors and does not influence its determinants. We propose and test hypotheses about feedback effects of Protest on its determinants. The second issue is the usual assumption that the determinants do not influence each other. We propose and test hypotheses about their interdependence. The third issue which is also rarely addressed in the literature is explaining different effects of individual-level variables (i.e. coefficients) by changes of the Political context. Since we test our hypotheses with a four-wave panel survey, conducted in Leipzig between 1990 and 1998, we suggest propositions about differential effects of the variables across waves. We find, among other things, that people having been engaged in Protest activities under communist rule in 1989 tend to exhibit a long-term decrease of Political discontent. Finally, we find that integration in Protest-promoting networks is the most important determinant of Protest.
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theories of Political Protest and social movements a multidisciplinary introduction critique and synthesis
2009Co-Authors: Karldieter OppAbstract:Political Protest and social movements are ubiquitous phenomena. This book focuses on the current theoretical approaches that aim at explaining them: the theory of collective action, the resource mobilization perspective, Political opportunity structure theory, the identity approach, the framing perspective, and the dynamics of contention approach. The book has three objectives: (1) Many basic concepts like Political opportunities or identity are not clearly defined. It is further often a matter of interpretation what factors are supposed to affect which phenomena. The first aim is therefore to provide a detailed introduction to and a clear restatement of the theories. Only then is it possible to assess and improve them. (2) For each theory the major strengths and weaknesses are discussed, and various modifications and extensions are suggested. (3) Building on these analyses, it is shown how the theories can be integrated into a single theoretical paradigm: the structural-cognitive model.
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theories of Political Protest and social movements a multidisciplinary introduction critique and synthesis
2009Co-Authors: Karldieter OppAbstract:Part 1: What Kind of Theory Do We Need and What Is a Good Theory? Part 2: Protest, Social Movements and Collective Action: Conceptual Clarifications and the Subject of the Book Part 3: Group Size, Selective Incentives, and Collective Action Part 4: Protest and Social Movements as Collective Action Part 5: The Resource Mobilization Perspective Part 6: Political Opportunity Structures, Protest and Social Movements Part 7: Collective Identity and Social Movement Activity Part 8: How Framing Influences Mobilization and Protest Part 9: Identity, Framing and Cognitive Balance: Toward a New Theory of Identity and Framing Part 10: The Dynamics of Contention Approach - Retreat to History? Part 11: The Structural-Cognitive Model: A Synthesis of Collective Action, Resource Mobilization, Political Opportunity, Identity, and Framing Perspectives Part 12: General Discussion, Conclusion, and an Agenda for Future Research
Silvia M Mendes - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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learning to lose election outcomes democratic experience and Political Protest potential
British Journal of Political Science, 2005Co-Authors: Christopher J Anderson, Silvia M MendesAbstract:Do democratic elections and experience with democracy affect citizens’ propensity to engage in Political Protest? If so, how? We develop a model of Protest potential based on the incentives election winners and losers face in new and established democratic systems. Using surveys conducted by the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) in seventeen democracies around the globe, we compare the effect of being in the Political minority or majority after an election on Political Protest potential. We find that being in the Political minority heightens citizens’ Political Protest potential. Moreover, we find that the effect of losing on Protest potential is significantly greater in new democracies relative to established ones. These findings provide systematic evidence that election outcomes should be considered important indicators of Political Protest potential, and they imply that this effect is particularly salient in countries whose democratic institutions are relatively new and potentially more unstable.
Tore Wig - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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chaos on campus universities and mass Political Protest
Comparative Political Studies, 2021Co-Authors: Sirianne Dahlum, Tore WigAbstract:History suggests universities are hotbeds of Political Protest. However, the generality and causal nature of this relationship has never been quantified. This article investigates whether universit...
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chaos on campus universities and mass Political Protest
Social Science Research Network, 2019Co-Authors: Sirianne Dahlum, Tore WigAbstract:Numerous historical examples suggest that universities are hotbeds of Political Protest. However, the generality and causal nature of this relationship has never been properly quanti fied. This paper investigates whether universities give rise to Political Protest, drawing on global geocoded information on the location and characteristics of universities, matched with geocoded data on Political Protest events in the 1991-2016 period, at the sub-national level in 62 countries in Africa and Central America. Our analysis indicates that local communities with more universities are more likely to experience mass Protest. Drawing on different tests, such as quasi-random variation in the timing of academic semesters, and IV models utilizing historical patterns in colonial-era university placement, we propose that this relationship is due to the presence of universities, rather than other characteristics of these locations. We also explore the nature of university-Protests, showing that the impact of universities on Protest is stronger in dictatorships, and that university-related Protests are more likely to be related to democracy and human rights. These findings suggest that universities cause Protest partly by shaping Political preferences and ideology.
Christopher J Anderson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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learning to lose election outcomes democratic experience and Political Protest potential
British Journal of Political Science, 2005Co-Authors: Christopher J Anderson, Silvia M MendesAbstract:Do democratic elections and experience with democracy affect citizens’ propensity to engage in Political Protest? If so, how? We develop a model of Protest potential based on the incentives election winners and losers face in new and established democratic systems. Using surveys conducted by the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) in seventeen democracies around the globe, we compare the effect of being in the Political minority or majority after an election on Political Protest potential. We find that being in the Political minority heightens citizens’ Political Protest potential. Moreover, we find that the effect of losing on Protest potential is significantly greater in new democracies relative to established ones. These findings provide systematic evidence that election outcomes should be considered important indicators of Political Protest potential, and they imply that this effect is particularly salient in countries whose democratic institutions are relatively new and potentially more unstable.
Vincent Raynauld - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Political Protest 2.0: Social media and the 2012 student strike in the province of Quebec, Canada
French Politics, 2016Co-Authors: Vincent Raynauld, Mireille Lalancette, Sofia Tourigny-konéAbstract:Recent years have been marked by the emergence of a new breed of grassroots-intensive Protest phenomena that have challenged the dominance of Political elites in several advanced liberal democracies. Whether it is the transnational Occupy movement, the Idle No More movement in Canada or the student-led demonstrations in Chile, these social-media-fuelled mobilization initiatives have quickly mobilized narrow segments of the public and have succeeded in forcing formal Political actors to acknowledge their presence. In some cases, they have encouraged them to take some of their demands into account in their decision making. This trend is demonstrative of a growing Political engagement disconnect between formal Political players (for example: government agencies, Political parties) and members of the citizenry. Although most of the former are still relying heavily on politicking strategies tailored for citizens adhering to the dutiful citizenship model, a growing portion of the latter are turning to informal forms of Political action better suited to their personal preferences, interests and goals. Specifically, citizens’ involvement in politics is increasingly driven by short- or mid-term priorities or considerations linked to their private lives and progressively less by their adherence to a broader ideology, their party allegiances or their concern for the greater societal good. This article examines one of these Protest movements: the 2012 student movement against university tuition hikes in the province of Quebec, Canada, also known as ‘Maple Spring’. Although some facets of this Political mobilization phenomenon have been studied in recent years, little is known about its internal dynamic and, more importantly, social media’s role in its overall functioning. This article offers an in-depth look at the #ggi tweeting dynamic between 22 April 2012 and 31 July 2012. Specifically, a hybrid quantitative and qualitative content analysis approach is used to determine in what way, to what extent, and for what reasons different Quebec Political players were involved in this Protest movement. Moreover, this article explores the links between traditional media and citizens’ discourse on Twitter. The findings suggest that the former informed the latter as Protesters frequently used news reports or commentary to support their positions. From a broader perspective, the findings provide a new look at Political tweeting as few scholars have conducted a qualitative analysis of Political tweets.
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Political Protest 2 0 social media and the 2012 student strike in the province of quebec canada
Social Science Research Network, 2014Co-Authors: Vincent Raynauld, Mireille Lalancette, Sofia TourignykoneAbstract:Recent years have been marked by the emergence of a new breed of social media-fuelled grassroots Protest phenomena that have challenged the dominance of Political elites in several advanced liberal democracies. Whether it is the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States, the #idlenomore movement in Canada or the student-led demonstrations in Chile, they have quickly mobilized narrow segments of the public and have ultimately succeeded in forcing formal Political actors to acknowledge their presence. In some cases, they have compelled them into taking their demands into account in their decision-making.