1. Introduction; 2. Characteristics of democracy protests; 3. Relating economic crises to democracy; 4. Analyzing the rise of democracy protests; 5. Analyzing elections as trigger events; 6. Historical trends in government responses; 7. Analyzing political accommodation; 8. Historical trends in democratization; 9. Analyzing democratization; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography.
This book presents a rich analysis of modern democracy protests globally, using qualitative and quantitative evidence to describe trends in causes and consequences.
Dawn Brancati (PhD Columbia University, New York) is the author of Peace by Design (2008) and has published widely in leading academic and policy journals. Her research focuses on political violence and has been recognized with awards, fellowships, and grants from various institutions, including the American Political Science Association, the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University, New Jersey, the German Marshall Fund, the Harvard-MIT Data Center, and the National Science Foundation. She has taught at Harvard University, Massachusetts, Washington University, St Louis, and Columbia University, New York.
'Studies of democratization are finally turning back to the effect
of economic and social forces in generating protest and displacing
authoritarian regimes. Dawn Brancati's excellent book brings
compelling new data to bear, explaining when democracy protests
arise, succeed - and also fail. Beyond its immediate contribution,
the book helps set a new and fresh agenda for the study of regime
change.' Stephan Haggard, Krause Distinguished Professor,
University of California, San Diego
'Dawn Brancati's monograph appears at a time when elite theories of
democracy have come into fashion again. Democracy Protests
fundamentally challenges such theories, and does so very
persuasively using a massive amount of thoroughly researched
evidence … The findings question prominent approaches that consider
democratization a top-down process in which the mass-factor plays a
negligible role.' Christian Welzel, Chair in Political Culture
Research, Leuphana University, Germany
'Are protests a force for democratizing change? Brancati advances
our understanding of this important topic by bringing together new
empirical findings that convincingly show how the magnitude of
economic crises condition the relationship between protest and
democracy. Citizen unrest is likely to follow any form of economic
crises, but this book helps us understand when and why such unrest
will lead to significant political change.' Susan D. Hyde, Yale
University, Connecticut
'Brancati assembles a database of the 310 'democracy protests' that
occurred from 1989 to 2011, combines this with other information
about the nations of the world to perform a number of quantitative
analyses, and comes up with some interesting findings: that such
protests are often effective, particularly if they are large; that
such protests are not actually made more likely by the prevalence
of Twitter and Facebook; and that economic inequality makes it more
likely, not less, for protests to succeed. … her conclusions are
convincing, and will be useful to all students of democratization.'
J. C. Berg, CHOICE
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