Blueprint for Revolution

Timcke, Scott

doi:10.1080/02589346.2017.1299109

Cited by 1 publication

(2 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Where does Otpor get its money?’ ‘Otpor is a leaderless movement,’ we told people to say, and ‘Otpor is organized in every neighborhood,’ and ‘Otpor is financed by the Serbian diaspora and ordinary people who want us to live in freedom.’ When the table banging began, all you have to do is remember those three lines. The whole thing was a lot like being in a high school play…” (Popovic, 2015, p. 132). In addition, when an activist was arrested, Otpor's network mobilized rapidly.…”

Section: Countering Repressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In small towns, parents would call the spouse of the local police chief, demanding the student's release. In one case, activists posted pictures in local businesses of jail guards who were particularly brutal (Popovic, 2015). Such initiatives conveyed to the government that its actions were being monitored by and exposed to the broader public.…”

Section: Countering Repressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Toward an agency‐centered iterative approach to social movement repression

Nepstad

2023

Sociology Compass

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

There is a significant amount of research that analyzes the consequences of repression on social movement mobilization. Yet most studies do not examine the strategic agency of protesters, who can avoid, minimize, or transform punitive sanctions. In this article, I call for an agency‐centered approach that highlights the iterative dynamics between protesters and agents of repression, emphasizing that the consequences of repression are largely shaped by activists' responses. Reviewing the literature on this topic, I summarize common methods of repression used by both the state and private citizens—such as information gathering, planting provocateurs, legal harassment, and direct violence. I also discuss movement counter‐methods for muting the impact of repression, which include tactical shifts, decentralized organizational structures, and obstructing surveillance technologies, among others. While researchers have documented typical methods of social control, we must also capture protesters' tool kit of strategic responses that enable movements to persist during periods of repression.

show abstract

Section: Countering Repressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Countering Repressionmentioning

confidence: 99%