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Hager, Anselm ORCID: 0000-0003-4268-1759, Hensel, Lukas ORCID: 0000-0002-4962-2885, Hermle, Johannes ORCID: 0000-0003-0852-3597 and Roth, Christopher . Group Size and Protest Mobilization across Movements and Countermovements. Am. Polit. Sci. Rev.. NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1537-5943

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Abstract

Many social movements face fierce resistance in the form of a countermovement. Therefore, when deciding to become politically active, a movement supporter has to consider both her own movement's activity and that of the opponent. This paper studies the decision of a movement supporter to attend a protest when faced with a counterprotest. We implement two field experiments among supporters of a right- and left-leaning movement ahead of two protest-counterprotest interactions in Germany. Supporters were exposed to low or high official estimates about their own and the opposing group's turnout. We find that the size of the opposing group has no effect on supporters' protest intentions. However, as the own protest gets larger, supporters of the right-leaning movement become less while supporters of the left-leaning movement become more willing to protest. We argue that the difference is best explained by stronger social motives on the political left.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hager, Anselm UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4268-1759 UNSPECIFIED Hensel, Lukas UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4962-2885 UNSPECIFIED Hermle, Johannes UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-0852-3597 UNSPECIFIED Roth, Christopher UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-592986
DOI:	10.1017/S0003055421001131
Journal or Publication Title:	Am. Polit. Sci. Rev.
Publisher:	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1537-5943
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language COLLECTIVE-ACTION; SOCIAL-MOVEMENTS; PARTICIPATION; DYNAMICS; ACTIVISM; DEMONSTRATIONS; BANDWAGON; NETWORKS; GERMANY Multiple languages Political Science Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/59298