Contemptuous Ignoring and Attrition as Strategic Responses to Civic Discontent

• In Event: Contentious Politics and Civil Society in Eurasia

Brief Overview

The article examines why politicians choose to ignore peaceful mass protests. It contributes to the nascent scholarship on ignoring protests by analyzing a new case from Southeastern Europe – Bulgaria’s 2020-2021 anti-corruption protests.

Author

• Nina Simeonova Barzachka, College of the Holy Cross