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Consequently, they explained the variation of repression effect as follows: ‘Depending on the strength of repression and the extent to which micromobilization processes provide positive incentives to protest, the direct deterring effect of repression is endorsed, overcompensated (i.e., a radicalizing effect is generated), or neutralized (i.e., there is no effect)’ (Opp and Roehl, 1990: 540 ...
To assess whether historical civil rights protest activity is associated with contemporary racial attitudes among whites, I estimate a series of ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions that rely on a selection on observables assumption—that protests are “as-if” random conditional on a set of pretreatment covariates—to identify the effect of historical protests on contemporary ...
- Soumyajit Mazumder
- 2018
May 26, 2019 · We also find that as violent tactics accounted for a larger proportion of tactics at Civil Rights protests, the frequency of Civil Rights protest declined in subsequent quarters. 20 The late 1960s and early 1970s were marked by riots and violent direct action often earning more militant organizations like the Black Panthers outsized media coverage (Seguin 2016), and these acts—or the specter ...
- Thomas V. Maher, Andrew Martin, John D. McCarthy, Lisa Moorhead
- 2019
Apr 28, 2022 · In comparing the two, there is much less research on softer forms of protest control, such as measures to channel protests in new directions, affect public opinion of certain categories of activists or hinder mobilization through discursive forms of repression (Ferree, Citation 2004; Jämte & Ellefsen, Citation 2020b; Linden & Klandermans, Citation 2006). This knowledge gap calls on ...
Jul 29, 2018 · Chenoweth identifies three critical factors facilitating a positive outcome from repression: (1) sustained high levels of campaign participation, (2) loyalty shifts among security forces and civilian leaders, and (3) the withdrawal of support from its foreign allies.
Summary. Repression is the act of subduing someone by institutional or physical force. Political violence is a particular form of repression involving the use of physical force to achieve political goals. Acts of repression and/or political violence often violate fundamental human rights, and are sometimes referred to as human rights abuse.
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Sep 16, 2020 · The existing literature is of two minds on this issue. One school of thought argues that repression suppresses protest. A second school of thought argues that repression increases protest by inducing public backlash against the regime. Efforts to adjudicate these claims are complicated by the endogeneity between protest and repression.
