Questions related to political protests where attempts by individuals or groups to address or stop perceived injustices within a political system, without overturning the system itself.
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Are there any studies that attempt to analyze the demographics and/or motivations of street protesters?
Are there any studies that attempt to analyze the demographics and/or motivations of street protesters?
For example: Are protesters concerned citizens that agree on something after an individual critical thinking or a mass of people with reasons to…
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Are there studies on how manipulable protests are?
I've heard there are studies that show how only a bunch of people are necessary to direct a protest and manipulate it to some extent.
However I would need references for that and I couldn't find them.
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What age group is more likely to participate in social change/protesting movements/actions?
The 68' movement consisted of students and the occupy movement seems to mainly consist of people younger than 40 (source).
I'm wondering if there is an age group that is more likely to protest the status quo and why.
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Are there any recent examples of political protests organized by diaspora?
In August 2018, Romanian diaspora organized a major political protest in Bucharest:
The protests were organized and promoted by groups of Romanians
working abroad, angry at what they say is entrenched corruption, low
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Who is the oldest known political protester?
According to this article probably the oldest Romanian protester is 101 years old:
Philosopher Mihai Sora, aged 101, famous for attending numerous street
protests in the past year, recounted the incidents involving him and
the gen dares during…
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What's the purpose of burning rubber tires during protests?
Sometimes when mass protests are ongoing, the protesters set some rubber tires on fire so that they produce smoke and unpleasant smell. But what's the purpose of doing so and why it is considered serious action by the government?
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Demonstration Marches and their effectiveness
I'm seeking research on the effectiveness of protest marches as compared to other, possibly more modern forms of activism.
I feel like somewhere there must be a study that effectively says "10000 people on a protest march was, you know, okay, but…
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Why is it a bad thing that there was violence "on both sides"?
One group believes in white supremacy. The other believes in equal rights.
So why is violence from "both sides" a bad thing? Surely we should support those that fight white supremacists, with violence and with words?
I mean, it's not like you would…
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What is the purpose of protesting the result of a democratic election where there is universal suffrage?
There have been two elections recently, one in the UK and one in the US, The EU referendum and the US presidential election, where the outcome of the vote was protested, with civil disobedience and sometimes violence, by large numbers of franchised…
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protest? or fake protest?
The motivation to this question is a news about Protesters Take On Settlements In ‘Biggest Ever Jewish-Led Protest’ Of AIPAC. A comment here, says:
"Group of foolish people ... Most of them don't even know the history of Israel and were mostly…
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