Tertytchnaya, Katerina and Lankina, Tomila V. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8303-1747
(2020)
Electoral protests and political attitudes under electoral authoritarianism.
Journal of Politics, 82 (1).
285 - 299.
ISSN 0022-3816
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Abstract
Do opposition protests affect citizens’ attitudes in electoral autocracies? While existing research expects that as protests unfold in illiberal regimes support for the protesters will increase, there are only a few empirical tests of this hypothesis. Combining an original author-assembled protest event dataset with two nationally representative public opinion surveys that were in the field during the 2011-12 electoral protests in Russia, we examine whether and how protests affect political attitudes. We find that in the early weeks of the protest wave, opposition rallies generated support for the demands of the protest movement. Nevertheless, evidence also suggests that the effects of protests on attitudes are not uniform. The coverage of protests in national media, and the use of regime-led repression against protesters dampen support for the protest movement and its demands. Our findings make an original contribution to scholarship on authoritarian vulnerability and resilience to street discontent.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jop/current |
| Additional Information: | © 2019 the Southern Political Science Association |
| Divisions: | International Relations |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2018 16:30 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 21:43 |
| Projects: | 2015-16, MD140025 |
| Funders: | British Academy Mid-career Fellowship |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/90262 |
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