The Public Perception of the Watts Riot as Social Protest

Jeffries, Vincent; Turner, Ralph H.; Morris, Richard T.

doi:10.2307/2093084

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“…The right to petition is a 1st Amendment safeguard against tyranny and an important instrument of social change (e.g., Branton et al, 2015; Gamson, 1975; Gillion, 2012; Madestam et al, 2013; Piven & Cloward, 1979; Wallace et al, 2014). However, its efficacy depends upon mass perceptions of legitimacy (e.g., Agnone, 2007; Chenoweth & Stephan, 2012; Jeffries et al, 1971; Kernell, 1986; Lee, 2002; McAdams et al, 2001; Schattschneider, 1960; Schumaker, 1975; Stern et al, 1999).…”

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Clarifying the Ideological Asymmetry in Public Attitudes Toward Political Protest

Barker

Nalder

Newham

2020

American Politics Research

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Political protests cannot succeed without public support. Extant studies point to weaker average support among ideological conservatives, but researchers have yet to consider the extent to which such apparent ideological asymmetry is (a) an artifact of the particular protest cases that researchers have tended to investigate, and/or (b) conditioned by the precise meaning of “ideological conservatism.” In this investigation, we address these gaps. Specifically, we analyze public perceptions of protest legitimacy after exposing survey respondents to one of a series of experimental treatments that randomize the specific ideological and issue contents of the particular protests under consideration. In iterative models, we observe how political ideology, social dominance orientation and authoritarianism condition the effects associated with these experimental treatments. The data suggest that that the notorious ideological asymmetry that is often associated with support for protests is authentic, but it is also conditioned in important ways by these other factors.

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Clarifying the Ideological Asymmetry in Public Attitudes Toward Political Protest

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Nalder

Newham

2020

American Politics Research

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“…These considerations distinguish the concept of "protest propensity" from the traditional concept of "attitude to protest." The latter is often used to gauge the attitude toward protest undertaken by others (seeHall, Rodeghier, and Useem 1986;Jeffries, Turner, and Morris 1971;Turner 1969).…”

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Adapt or Voice: Class,Guanxi, and Protest Propensity in China

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Feng²

2013

J of Asian Stud

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We study the propensity for protest in the context of individuals’ alternative choices in urban China. Depending on the number and quality of social ties (or guanxi in Chinese), individuals may resort to one of two alternatives: to engineer life-changing events through personal connections or to join others in labor protest. We call one “adaptation” and the other “voice.” As our working hypothesis, we first expect them to be mutually exclusive. That is, adaptation through guanxi networks may help diffuse the will to protest, as those who enjoy better guanxi networks would advance their class status through such networks. With data from a national survey, our analysis rejects this working hypothesis. Those who are better connected are not only more likely to adapt but also more inclined to voice, and the effect of social ties on protest is significantly smaller for those who are connected to people with power. The implications are twofold. First, our data not only confirm the well-known effect of social connections on protest, but also specify the effects caused by high-class versus low-class connections. Second, in a comparative vein, the individual decision making on adaptation and/or voice offers a glimpse into the intertwining domains of social space in contemporary China.

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“…In analyzing public perception of protest, Turner (1969) and his associates (Jeffries et al, 1971) pointed out that support by people who are uninvolved in a protest may contribute to its ultimate success. Schumaker's (1975) evidence suggests that the effectiveness of a protest is determined more by "the environment of social support," which includes public attitudes to the protest, than by tactics and other characteristics of the protest.…”

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