Opportunity/Threat Spirals in the U.S. Women's Suffrage and German Anti-Immigration Movements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7335697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger Karapin (0000-0001-6236-4406, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-80 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mobilization An International Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1086-671X • E-ISSN: 1938-1514 |
| Publisher | Mobilization Journal (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17813/maiq.16.1.y1007j0n837p5p45 |
| OpenAlex | W2198752313 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 26 |
Many have noted that protesters sometimes expand political opportunities for later protests, but there has been little analysis of how this occurs. The problem can be addressed by analyzing opportunity/threat spirals, which involve positive feedback among: actions by challengers (bold protests and the formation of alliances between challenger groups); opportunity-increasing actions by authorities and elites (elite divisions and support, procedural reforms, substantive concessions, and police inaction); and threat-increasing actions by authorities and elites (new grievance production and excessive repression). Interactions among these eight mechanisms are demonstrated in two cases of social movement growth, the U.S. women's suffrage movement of the 1910s and the German anti-immigration movement of the early 1990s. The cases show similar positive feedback processes despite many other differences, a finding which suggests that the specified interactions may operate in a wide range of social movements in democratic countries
Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Elite · Geography · German · Grievance · Immigration · Political economy · Political opportunity · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Suffrage · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Political Conflict and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 0,79 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |