19. July 2024
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In exploring protest dynamics, Protest Event Analysis (PEA) has proven an indispensable analytic tool. Despite various improvements, PEA faces continuous challenges, notably the reproduction of media-specific selection biases. This research note aims to contribute to the literature seeking to mitigate … Continue reading
8. December 2021
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Disenchanted and Confident Critics in Mass Demonstrations This paper analyses the socio-demographic attributes and political attitudes of protesters in Germany. In doing so, the paper studies participation at demonstrations, one of the key forms of non-electoral political participation in Germany … Continue reading
21. November 2017
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Results from a protest survey and protest observation at the anti G20 protests in July 2017 in Hamburg Haunss, Sebastian/Daphi, Priska/Gauditz, Leslie/Knopp, Philipp/Micus, Matthias/Scharf, Philipp/Schmidt, Stephanie/Sommer, Moritz/Teune, Simon/Thurn, Roman/Ullrich, Peter/Zajak, Sabrina (2017), #NoG20. Ergebnisse der Befragung von Demonstrierenden und der … Continue reading
18. August 2016
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At the International Conference on Cross-movement Mobilization which will take place on April 5-7, 2017 at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (http://www.isb.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/forschung/cross-movement-mobilization.html.en) Jochen Roose and I organize a session on the influence of social movements on other movements’ mobilizations for which … Continue reading
9. May 2016
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In a widely cited article Boyle suggests that a movement against the growing propertization of knowledge should develop a mobilization frame centered around the idea of the public domain. Based on an analysis of the framing strategies in the two … Continue reading
4. May 2016
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Research on social movements in Germany started late and has never really managed to establish a stable foothold within the German university system. A lively social movement sector with frequent and large-scale protests on many issues has not changed the … Continue reading
4. May 2016
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Mummery – i.e. all practices to conceal one’s identity, usually by (partially) covering the face – has a long tradition as a repertoire of contention. In this chapter I discuss how and why this practice became part of social movements’ … Continue reading
5. February 2016
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The protests in 1980 and 1981 have been labeled as ‘youth movement’, ‘youth protest’, ‘youth unrest’, ‘youth rebellion’, or ‘youth revolt’. The chapter reflects upon the implications and assumptions of these concepts with the aim to situate these concepts in … Continue reading