This is both the first systematic introduction to Discourse Studies for students and scholars of
social movements and a study of discourses on the European “refugee crisis”, by leading …

This paper focuses on informal civil society in an authoritarian context, particularly the
unprecedented nation-wide protests and civic action in Vietnam, triggered by the industrial …

Protest immobilities have political potential because of the affective atmospheres they
produce. In 2019, the Hong Kong protest movement targeted Hong Kong International …

The power of texts and visuals in the repertoire of protests–in both its production and
consumption–allows protest movements to not only spread their message faster and …

One of the most controversial issues related to protests is the use of violence by protesters.
Although there is a strong social norm against protest violence, research has suggested that …

While both life satisfaction and participation in protest occupying public or private places are
crucial, their relationships are uncharted and uncertain. Nevertheless, conflict theory …

Street protests are a type of collective action. Street protests are rather a fuzzy category,
which means there is sometimes no hard and fast boundary with other forms of collective …

The high levels of protest in South Africa have produced varied academic literature on the
subject. Although political and structural determinants of protest are readily acknowledged …

Protests, despite being democratically reified modes of civic participation, are often
positioned as being at odds with the state's policing and regulatory networks. In seeking to …

A national representative sample of adults is used to assess whether socioeconomic
circumstances, civic engagement, and perceptions about government performance are …