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Democracy protests : origins, features, and significance / Dawn Brancati.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brancati, Dawn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Case studies.
- Democracy.
- Democracy--Economic aspects--Case studies.
- Protest movements--Case studies.
- Protest movements.
- World politics--1989---Case studies.
- World politics.
- Democracy--Statistics.
- Democracy--Economic aspects--Statistics.
- Protest movements--Statistics.
- World politics--1989---Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 210 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Why do democracy protests emerge in some countries at certain times, but not in others? Why do governments accommodate these protests, undertaking sweeping reforms in some cases, and in others find ways to suppress protests? In Democracy Protests, Brancati highlights the role of economic crises in triggering protests. She argues that crises increase discontent with governments, and authoritarianism in particular, and also increase support for opposition candidates who are more likely to organize protests, especially during election periods. Economic crises are also shown to create chances for opportunists to capitalize on anti-regime sentiment and mobilize support against governments. However, if crises are severe and protests concomitantly large, governments are likely to be compelled to make accommodations with protestors, regardless of their likelihood of retaining office. Brancati's argument rests on a rich statistical analysis of the causes and consequences of democracy protests around the globe between 1989 and 2011, combined with qualitative case studies.
- Contents:
- Characteristics of democracy protests
- Relating economic crises to democracy
- Analyzing the rise of democracy protests
- Analyzing elections as trigger events
- Historical trends in government responses
- Analyzing political accommodation
- Historical trends in democratization
- Analyzing democratization
- Appendix: Data and measures.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Sep 2016).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-108-11057-6
- 1-108-10580-7
- 1-108-10989-6
- 1-108-11125-4
- 1-108-11465-2
- 1-108-11193-9
- 1-316-50275-9
- 1-316-48096-8
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