Preconditions for the transformation of population’s attitudes from political discontent to protest behaviour (as exemplified in the materials of ISEDT RAS, Vologda)
Afanas’ev D.V., Guzhavina T.A. Preconditions for the transformation of population’s attitudes from political discontent to protest behaviour (as exemplified in the materials of ISEDT RAS, Vologda). Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast, 2013, no. 6 (30), pp. 126-135
The article considers the issue concerning the transformation of political discontent to protest behaviour, which is insufficiently examined in the domestic scientific literature; the processes and factors facilitating this process are analysed. The authors apply the empirical data of the monitoring of the public opinion of the Vologda Oblast residents, conducted by the Institute of Socio-Economic Development of Territories of the Russian Academy of Sciences. A new integrated model of protest is presented
Keywords
protest potential, political discontent, trust, protest repertoire, protest participation model