The Advantage of Disadvantage

Costly Protest and Political Representation for Marginalized Groups

AvLaGina Gause

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-02-24
Mått:159 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt:590 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781316513576

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LaGina Gause is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. Her research explores U.S. political institutions and behavior with a focus on racial and ethnic politics, inequality, and representation.

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'Guarded with the theoretical savviness of a budding eminent scholar and the empirical sophistication of formal modeling, Dr. Gause introduces us to the powerful ways that protest adds to American democracy. In doing so, the author makes a very compelling case for how marginalized groups, which are often associated with low resources, are able to compensate for the lack of governmental response seen in more institutional forms of political behavior. This book will be widely read, immensely studied, and rigorously followed as a bold, new way to understand protest in America.' Daniel Q. Gillion, Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt Presidential Distinguished Professor, Political Science Department, University of Pennsylvania

Innehållsförteckning

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.