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Measuring and Analyzing Protest Potential From a Survey Data Recycling Framework
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Abstract
As active involvement in protest has been legitimized as an acceptable form of political activity, citizens’ protest potential has become an important measure to understand contemporary democratic politics. However, the arbitrary use of a forced-choice question, which prevents those who have previou... view more
As active involvement in protest has been legitimized as an acceptable form of political activity, citizens’ protest potential has become an important measure to understand contemporary democratic politics. However, the arbitrary use of a forced-choice question, which prevents those who have previously participated in protests from expressing willingness to engage in future protest, and the limited coverage of international surveys across countries and years have impeded comparative research on protest potential. This research develops a new systematic weighting method for the measurement of protest potential for comparative research. Using the 1996 International Social Survey Program survey, which asks two separate questions about “have done” and “would do” demonstrations, I create a weighting scale for the forced-choice question by estimating the predicted probabilities of protest potential for those who have already participated in demonstrations. Capitalizing on the survey data recycling framework, this study also controls for harmonization procedures and the quality of surveys, thereby expanding the cross-national and temporal coverage beyond the affluent Western democracies. The results show that this weighting scale provides a valid measure of protest potential, and the survey data recycling framework improves comparability between surveys.... view less
Keywords
protest; demonstration; measurement; survey; data; harmonization; ISSP
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Free Keywords
protest potential; intersurvey variability; survey data harmonization; ZA2900: International Social Survey Programme: Role of Government III - ISSP 1996
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 434-458
Journal
American Behavioral Scientist, 66 (2022) 4
Issue topic
Special Issue: Jenkins Innovative Methods in the Study of Protest part I
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642211021626
ISSN
1552-3381
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed