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Protest movements involving limited violence can sometimes be effective: Evidence from the 2020 BlackLivesMatter protests.

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1 Published in 2022 at "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America"

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2118990119

Abstract: SignificanceThe effects of recent protests for racial equality, particularly when they included violence, are currently of public and academic interest. To better understand these effects, we combine a dataset of all 2020 BlackLivesMatter protests with… read more here.

Keywords: 2020 blacklivesmatter; police reform; blacklivesmatter protests; protest movements ... See more keywords

Embodied forms of politics and identity in South Asian protest movements: Pinjra Tod and Delhi

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1 Published in 2019 at "Asian Journal of Women's Studies"

DOI: 10.1080/12259276.2019.1577032

Abstract: ABSTRACT In this article, I argue that embodied forms of identity, politics and protests have become critical to South Asian social movements because actors have started identifying ways in which society uses their bodies to… read more here.

Keywords: embodied forms; south asian; protest movements; movements pinjra ... See more keywords

Collective action as narrativity and praxis: Theory and application to Hong Kong’s urban protest movements

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1 Published in 2018 at "Public Policy and Administration"

DOI: 10.1177/0952076717699262

Abstract: Policy scholars need to better describe the diversity of actors and interests that forge collective political action through nonformal social networks. The authors find extant theories of collective action to only partially explain such heterogeneity,… read more here.

Keywords: protest movements; hong kong; collective action; urban protest ... See more keywords

Failure Leads Protest Movements to Support More Radical Tactics

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1 Published in 2021 at "Social Psychological and Personality Science"

DOI: 10.1177/19485506211037296

Abstract: Most social movements will encounter setbacks in their pursuit of sociopolitical change. However, little is known about how movements are affected after protestors fail to achieve their aims. What are the effects of failure on… read more here.

Keywords: movements support; protest movements; support radical; failure leads ... See more keywords