Sliding Doors of Opportunity

Zapatistas and Their Cycle of Protest

Bibliographic Data

ID6304355
AuthorsMaría Inclán (0000-0002-7424-6244, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume14
Issue1
Pages85-106
Publication date2009-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMobilization An International Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1086-671X • E-ISSN: 1938-1514
PublisherMobilization Journal (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17813/maiq.14.1.13q7002642355002
OpenAlexW4240101481
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Using a cross-sectional time-series event-count model, this study analyzes the effects of local, national, and international variables on pro-Zapatista protests across the 111 localities (municipios) of Chiapas over a ten-year period (1994-2003). Protests were more likely to occur in localities with previous protest activity, a closed political system, and a larger presence of the military. Local and national electoral openings, as well as a larger local and national presence of the Zapatistas' presumed political ally, the Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD), had a negative relationship with protest activity. Specific openings to the Zapatistas also worked as protest depressants. International attention did not show any significant effect on Zapatista protest activity. However, these institutional and specific openings were only ephemeral opportunities in that they did not translate into substantive concessions for the movement. They appear to have decreased the strength of the Zapatista protest cycle, while the international attention to the movement did not show any significant effect on it

Biology · Development economics · Doors · Economics · Economy · Ephemeral key · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Engineering · Latin American socio-political dynamics · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Policy and Governance

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