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This book wants to explain when, during the democratization process, protest erupts, why it takes the form it does, and why the government responds to it in the way it does. These are questions typically asked by social movement scholars. It is in this research field that we find a wealth of analytical tools that allow us to assess protest patterns. Eventually the interest lies in explaining the pressure that people are able to mount on the government during the transition process. Findings from social movement research suggest that there are regularities in contention and more specifically in what types of actors participate, when they engage in protest, and when their actions radicalize. This has implications for the study of regime change.
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Maduz, L. (2020). A Fresh Look at the Interrelationship Between Protest Dynamics and Regime Change. In: Contention and Regime Change in Asia. Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49220-5_1
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