| Title: |
Actual, potential, and non-participants: Advancing the differential analysis of protest participation |
| Authors: |
Mercea, D.; Gonzalez Santos, F.; Hoffmann, M. |
| Publisher Information: |
SAGE Publications |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
City University London: City Research Online |
| Subject Terms: |
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform; JA Political science (General); QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Description: |
In this article, we contribute to the analysis of protest participation on a gradient from non- to actual participation. Using survey data from six European countries, we take the analysis beyond a binary differentiation between participants and non-participants. We evidence a participation gradient underpinned by a combination of social and political variables and separate patterns that allow for distinctions between non-, potential, and actual protesters. We establish that some factors have a gradual, linear, relation to protest participation, increasing the likelihood of moving from non-participation to potential participation and from potential to actual participation. Second, we find evidence of a punctuated rather than a linear participation gradient in as far as a range of variables distinguish protesters and potential protesters from non-participants but do not differentiate them from each other. Our findings provide practical insights into mobilization pathways while also inviting further research into intervening factors influencing protest behavior. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/34087/1/MERCEA~1.PDF; Mercea, D. https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/view/creators_id/dan=2Emercea=2E1.html orcid:0000-0003-3762-2404 orcid:0000-0003-3762-2404 , Gonzalez Santos, F. Hoffmann, M. (2025). Actual, potential, and non-participants: Advancing the differential analysis of protest participation. Political Studies, 73(4), pp. 1392-1417. doi:10.1177/00323217241297905 https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217241297905 |
| DOI: |
10.1177/00323217241297905 |
| Availability: |
https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/34087/; https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/34087/1/MERCEA~1.PDF; https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217241297905 |
| Rights: |
cc_by_nc_4 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.3BA14452 |
| Database: |
BASE |