A Long, Hard Slog: Political Opportunities, Social Networks and the Mobilization of Dissent in Non-Democracies

Osa, Maryjane; Schock, Kurt

doi:10.1016/s0163-786x(06)27005-8

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“…In essence, repression is so strongly shaped by other kinds of political opportunities that it merely reflects trends in them and can itself serve as a measure of opportunities. This claim originated with the political process approach to social movements (McAdam 1982) and necessarily involves ignoring private repression (however, see Osa & Schock 2007 for an alternative statement of political opportunities that could address this).…”

Section: Is Repression a Stand-alone Concept Or Embedded In Politicalmentioning

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Political Repression: Iron Fists, Velvet Gloves, and Diffuse Control

2011

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This article reviews research on political repression by social movement scholars. Four topics are discussed: (a) debates over the conceptualization of repression, the breadth of the concept, whether distinctions within the concept are productive and/or forms of repression are directly comparable, and the relationship between repression and political opportunities; (b) recent research on different types of repression, particularly protest policing; (c) an evaluation of research on different explanations of repression; and (d ) an evaluation of research on the consequences of repression. Attention is also paid to areas where future research effort might be most productively spent, including identifying substantial gaps where more research is needed, where important debates exist that need research to push toward their resolution, where robust results exist but could be furthered by refinements, and where a more inclusive conceptualization of repression may link the study of repression to other significant literatures. 261

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Section: Is Repression a Stand-alone Concept Or Embedded In Politicalmentioning

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“…A subset of comparative research focuses on groups of countries identified through shared theoretical characteristics. For instance, research examines repression in developing nations across the globe (e.g., Davenport 1994) and in nondemocratic states (Osa & Schock 2007).…”

Section: Repression Across the Globementioning

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Political Repression: Iron Fists, Velvet Gloves, and Diffuse Control

2011

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“…As Luedekke (1999) proposed and Osa and Schock (2007) discovered, networking was important across both mobilization and implementation. COCAL, New faculty Majority, and union groups were majorsourcesofsupportforfacultyinthisstudy.Itisdoubtfulthatthe leadersmayhavemergedonthesecampuseswithoutthesupportfrom these external networks.A single contingent faculty leader on a campuscanfeelliketheyareinahopelesssituationwithoutexternalsocial networking.Inaddition,contingentfacultyleadersleveragedinformationfromlistservsandothermultimediasourcestomobilizepeopleand showothersthattheywerenotalonefightingfortheseissues.Theexternalgroupsalsoprovidedideastopropelcampusesthroughimplementation.…”

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Institutionalizing Equitable Policies and Practices for Contingent Faculty

Kezar

Sam²

2013

The Journal of Higher Education

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“…Individuals and groups using peaceful means to contend with the government are often the target of this repression (Davenport, 2007), which raises the costs of collective action when power holders see it as a threat. Repression can come in many different shapes and forms, from controlling the media, banning associations, infiltrating movements, to physical violence and intimidation (Osa and Schock, 2007). For instance, state responses to recent popular protests in African authoritarian states such as Rwanda and Ethiopia were brutal and included jailing, different forms of harassment and the killing of demonstrators (Mueller, 2020, p. 65).…”

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Popular Protest, Political Opportunities, and Change in Africa

Sanches¹

2022

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This book offers a fresh analysis of third wave popular protests in Africa, shedding light on the complex dynamics between political change and continuity in contemporary Africa.The book argues that protests are simultaneously products and generators of change in that they are triggered by micro-and-macrosocial changes, but they also have the capacity to transform the nature of politics. By examining the triggers, actors, political opportunities, resources, and framing strategies, the contributors shed light onto tangible (e.g. policy implementation, liberal reforms, political alternation) and intangible (e.g. perceptions, imagination, awareness) forms of change elicited by protests. It reveals the relevant role of African protests as engines of democracy, accountability, and collective knowledge.Bringing popular protests in authoritarian and democratic settings into discussion, this book will be of interest to scholars of African politics, democracy, and protest movements.

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A Long, Hard Slog: Political Opportunities, Social Networks and the Mobilization of Dissent in Non-Democracies

Cited by 25 publications

References 60 publications

Political Repression: Iron Fists, Velvet Gloves, and Diffuse Control

Political Repression: Iron Fists, Velvet Gloves, and Diffuse Control

Institutionalizing Equitable Policies and Practices for Contingent Faculty

Popular Protest, Political Opportunities, and Change in Africa

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