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Recruitment to high-risk activism: The case of Freedom Summer.
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This paper argued for the importance of a distinction between "low-and high-risk/cost activism" and outlined a model or recruitment to the latter, emphasizing the import of low-risk and high-cost activism.Abstract:
This article proposes and argues for the importance of a distinction between "low-" and "high-risk/cost activism" and outlines a model or recruitment to the latter. The model emphasizes the importa...read more
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Securitising Islam, securitising ethnicity: the discourse of Uzbek radicalism in Kyrgyzstan
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how and why religion and ethnicity have become intertwined in Kyrgyzstani discourse, and add insights to the theory of securitisation forwarded by the Copenhagen School of security studies.
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When actions speak louder than words: examining collective political protests in Central Asia
TL;DR: In this article, the authors systematically analyzed the variation in collective protests by testing rival macro-, meso-, and micro-level theories and introduced a conceptual and empirical distinction between low-risk and high-risk collective protests.
Varieties of Middle Class Growth and Democratic Preference Formation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study how autocratic regimes secure support from growing middle classes, using state patronage to shape political preferences and divide potential democratic coalitions, and show that such state-led growth weakens middle class support for democratization.
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Political values and extra-institutional political participation: The impact of economic redistributive and social libertarian preferences on protest behaviour:
Maria T. Grasso,Marco Giugni +1 more
TL;DR: The authors analyzed data from a unique cross-national dataset on participants in mass demonstrations in seven countries and provided evidence of the relative impact of economic redistributive and social libertarian values in explaining different degrees of protest participation.
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“I Decided to Save Them”: Factors That Shaped Participation in Rescue Efforts during Genocide in Rwanda
Nicole Fox,Hollie Nyseth Brehm +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the case of Rwanda, where people worked collectively to save Tutsi from the violence that swept across the country in 1994, and ask: What social factors shaped Rwandans' decisions and abilities to save persecuted individuals?
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Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social Movements
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