@article{99325d07b6fd4fa794a48ab8975c67a7,
title = "Protest, counter-protest and organizational diversification of protest groups",
abstract = "Whereas protests have been discussed predominantly in terms of collective action issues, achieving coordination does not always guarantee success. Protest groups must also back their demands with sufficient threats. Some assert that threats are enhanced by the mobilization of more resources. Yet this conventional wisdom fails to explain why not all large-scale protests win government concessions or why some protest groups spend resources on their organizational infrastructure even though it will not inflict immediate damage on the government. Formalizing protest in a bargaining model, I show that investing in organizational infrastructure improves the impact of protest groups{\textquoteright} threats by lowering the probability that a counter-protest will offset the impact of the original protest.",
keywords = "Counter-protest, formal model, organizational development, protest, protest group",
author = "Kana Inata",
note = "Funding Information: I would like to thank Dominik Duell, Gina Yannintell Reinhardt, Jonathan Slapin, Hugh Ward, Daniel Berger, Masaru Kohno, Shuhei Kurizaki and participants at seminars at University of Essex, Waseda University and the 2017 EPSA Annual Convention for invaluable comments and discussion. The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: I gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (no. JP19K13605) from Japan Society for Promotion of Science. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2019.",
year = "2021",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1177/0738894219869916",
language = "English",
volume = "38",
pages = "434--456",
journal = "Conflict Management and Peace Science",
issn = "0738-8942",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "4",
}