POL-UA 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Electoral Fraud
2 Feb 2017
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Contextual theories of protest: ba(cid:272)kgrou(cid:374)d: (cid:862)breakdow(cid:374) theories(cid:863) Prior to political opportunity structures, there was breakdown theory. As lo(cid:374)g as the (cid:272)urre(cid:374)t regi(cid:373)e is sa(cid:271)le a(cid:374)d (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol protest, the(cid:374) it wo(cid:374)"t happe(cid:374) Needs to be a subject of contention: organization. People can be upset, but without the organization to harness the feelings, you wo(cid:374)"t get protest. Social media can be used to tell others that there are other people who feel the same way: (cid:862)opportu(cid:374)ity tru(cid:272)ture(cid:863) Repressiveness of society (e. g. decrease of lynching in the south strengthened the civil rights movement in the south) Resources in society: allows people to organize or engage in protests. Overall: society in which demand for opposition arises is important: protest in competitive authoritarian regimes. In hybrid regimes, protest can become a normal part of the political process, so that it is not a threat to the regime. In order to counteract smaller anti-state protests, you might have a larger pro- state demonstration.
