Violence, What is It Good For? A Cross-National Study of Riotous-Violent Protest

• In Event: Repression, Resistance, and Violence

Brief Overview

We analyze the effect of riotous-violent protests and regime type on the willingness of governments to accommodate protester demands. Under certain conditions, riotous-violent protest has a positive effect on government accommodation.

Authors

• Deren Onursal, University of California-Riverside

• Adam LeGrand Hobbs, University of California-Riverside

• Catherine Wright, University of California-Riverside