Spontaneous Collective Action
Peripheral Mobilization During the Arab Spring
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3336801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zachary C Steinert-Threlkeld (0000-0002-5122-9660, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 111 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 379-403 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003055416000769 |
| OpenAlex | W2607318648 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 127 |
| References cited | 103 |
Who is responsible for protest mobilization? Models of disease and information diffusion suggest that those central to a social network (the core) should have a greater ability to mobilize others than those who are less well-connected. To the contrary, this article argues that those not central to a network (the periphery) can generate collective action, especially in the context of large-scale protests in authoritarian regimes. To show that those in the core of a social network have no effect on levels of protest, this article develops a dataset of daily protests across 16 countries in the Middle East and North Africa over 14 months from 2010 through 2011. It combines that dataset with geocoded, individual-level communication from the same period and measures the number of connections of each person. Those on the periphery are shown to be responsible for changing levels of protest, with some evidence suggesting that the core's mobilization efforts lead to fewer protests. These results have implications for a wide range of social choices that rely on interdependent decision making
Action (physics · Authoritarianism · Collective action · Context (archaeology · Core (optical fiber · Democracy · Geography · Interdependence · Middle East · Mobilization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social mobilization · Sociology · Complex Network Analysis Techniques · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Social Media and Politics
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| Citations per year | 10,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 126 |