The advantage of disadvantage : costly protest and political representation for marginalized groups
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The advantage of disadvantage : costly protest and political representation for marginalized groups
（Cambridge studies in contentious politics）
Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-271) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Does protest influence political representation? If so, which groups are most likely to benefit from collective action? The Advantage of Disadvantage makes a provocative claim: protests are most effective for disadvantaged groups. According to author LaGina Gause, legislators are more responsive to protesters than non-protesters, and after protesting, racial and ethnic minorities, people with low incomes, and other low-resource groups are more likely than white and affluent protesters to gain representation. Gause also demonstrates that online protests are less effective than in-person protests. Drawing on literature from across the social sciences as well as formal theory, a survey of policymakers, quantitative data, and vivid examples of protests throughout U.S. history, The Advantage of Disadvantage provides invaluable insights for scholars and activists seeking to understand how groups gain representation through protesting.
Table of Contents
- 1. The Promise of Protest
- 2. Costly Protest and political representation
- 3. How Legislators perceive collective Action
- 4. How the average Legislator responds
- 5. The limits of costly Protest
- 6. Costly protest in a digitized World
- 7. The democratic value of costly Protest
- 8. Appendices.
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