We just wouldn’t even get a response from other [pro-bono, volunteer] attorneys. I can bet on it that they wouldn’t be bothered. -Female, Legal What we’re doing is holding a protest and we want the whoever we’re opposing to think that there’s no end to this protest until we give in. We’re sort of competing for power and and the illusion of...power is really important, as important as our real p...

In the late 1990s and through 2001, consumer activists protested Nike’s alleged “sweatshops” around the globe. This was a new sort of protest that went beyond the picket lines and boycotts of the past – this protest extensively used email and listservs to spread messages and mobilize action at an unprecedented pace and for a very low cost (Peretti and Micheletti 2011). Nike responded to the con...

This article presents an integrated model of contentious nationalist activity, 7 with structure, politics, and action assuming equal roles in an interdependent 8 causal system. The model is tested using simultaneous equation systems on 130 9 ethno-nationalist groups from 1990 to 1998. The results confirm the vital, 10 indirect role of grievances and group identity on protest and the powerful di...

This study examines the role of online social network proximity in cross-national diffusion of offline protests. Drawn upon Valente’s (1995) network diffusion model, the study operationalizes social network proximity-based protest exposure, using the international Facebook friendship share data. One year-long onsite protests during Arab Spring 2011 are examined using event history modeling. The...

The 1989 Tian’anmen Square Protest and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution are two of most influential non-violent protests at junction 20th century 21st century. Although they share many similarities, movements reached completely different results: was harshly repressed by Chinese government, whereas successfully overthrew authoritarian Mubarak government. existing research has attributed destinies r...

Civil unrest (protests, strikes, and “occupy” events) is a common occurrence in both democracies and authoritarian regimes. The study of civil unrest is a key topic for political scientists as it helps capture an important mechanism by which citizenry express themselves. In countries where civil unrest is lawful, qualitative analysis has revealed that more than 75% of the protests are planned, ...

pro-market economists usually present “competition” as the only solution of government’s inefficiencies. therefore, having given too much credence to the private sector in economy, they choose market strategy rather than state strategy in economic policies, prizing market choice above state choice, thereby advising strongly privatization policies in the economic system in order to inject ration...

Thousands of German researchers including five Nobel laureates have signed an open letter of protest against the proposed freeze of research funding. Michael Gross reports.