TY - UNPB

T1 - Violence and Non-Violence in Anti-Government Mobilization

AU - Cunningham, David E.

AU - González, Belén

AU - Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede

AU - Vidović, Dragana

AU - White, Peter B.

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - Grievances against a government can motivate a wide range of forms of popular mass mobilization, yet violent events have received disproportionate attention. Existing data indicate that non-violent challenges to the government have been more common than v​​iolent challenges, whereas violence has been relatively more likely for territorial disputes. The choice of tactics is closely related to objectives and mobilization potential, and many actors seeking to challenge the government are likely to be more effective using non-violence than violence. Although grievances may be ubiquitous in autocratic regimes, active claims are not, and we show how our new data allow us to study separately claims against the government and factors affecting mobilization.​

AB - Grievances against a government can motivate a wide range of forms of popular mass mobilization, yet violent events have received disproportionate attention. Existing data indicate that non-violent challenges to the government have been more common than v​​iolent challenges, whereas violence has been relatively more likely for territorial disputes. The choice of tactics is closely related to objectives and mobilization potential, and many actors seeking to challenge the government are likely to be more effective using non-violence than violence. Although grievances may be ubiquitous in autocratic regimes, active claims are not, and we show how our new data allow us to study separately claims against the government and factors affecting mobilization.​

KW - Politics

UR - https://www.prio.org/Publications/Publication/?x=9204

M3 - Project reports

SN - 978-82-7288-727-7

T3 - PRIO Policy Brief

BT - Violence and Non-Violence in Anti-Government Mobilization

PB - Peace Research Institute Oslo

CY - Oslo

ER -