'If a Fight starts, watch the crowd': The effect of violence on popular support for social movements

Diverse social movements often face tactic diversification. In otherwise nonviolent movements, some groups or radical flanks may resort to violent actions such as street rioting. This article analyzes the impact that these violent episodes can have on popular support for the social movement as a who...

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Autores: Muñoz Mendoza, Jordi, Anduiza, Eva
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:Moviments socials
Moviments de protesta
Violència
Social movements
Protest movements
Violence
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spelling 'If a Fight starts, watch the crowd': The effect of violence on popular support for social movementsMuñoz Mendoza, JordiAnduiza, EvaMoviments socialsMoviments de protestaViolènciaSocial movementsProtest movementsViolenceDiverse social movements often face tactic diversification. In otherwise nonviolent movements, some groups or radical flanks may resort to violent actions such as street rioting. This article analyzes the impact that these violent episodes can have on popular support for the social movement as a whole. To estimate the causal effect of violence, it exploits an unexpected riot outbreak that occurred during the fieldwork of a face-to-face survey in Barcelona in May 2016, led by a squat group linked to the anti-austerity movement known as the 15-M or indignados that emerged during the financial crisis. By comparing respondents interviewed before and after the riots, it finds that the street violence episode reduced support for the 15-M movement by 12 percentage points on average. However, the magnitude of the effect is highly conditional on the respondents' predispositions towards the movement. Core supporters, that are expected to share the frame of the movement in justifying violent actions, are the least affected by the violent outbreak. On the other extreme, weak supporters, opposers, and non-aligned citizens reduce their support to a larger extent. Results are robust to different specifications and a wide range of robustness checks. These findings have potentially important implications for movements concerned with broadening their support base.SAGE Publications2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/139422Articles publicats en revistes (Ciència Política, Dret Constitucional i Filosofia del Dret)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022343318820575Journal of Peace Research, 2019, vol. 56, num. 4, p. 485-498(c) Muñoz Mendoza, Jordi et al., 2019info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1394222026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title 'If a Fight starts, watch the crowd': The effect of violence on popular support for social movements
spellingShingle 'If a Fight starts, watch the crowd': The effect of violence on popular support for social movements
Muñoz Mendoza, Jordi
Moviments socials
Moviments de protesta
Violència
Social movements
Protest movements
Violence
title_short 'If a Fight starts, watch the crowd': The effect of violence on popular support for social movements
title_full 'If a Fight starts, watch the crowd': The effect of violence on popular support for social movements
title_fullStr 'If a Fight starts, watch the crowd': The effect of violence on popular support for social movements
title_full_unstemmed 'If a Fight starts, watch the crowd': The effect of violence on popular support for social movements
title_sort 'If a Fight starts, watch the crowd': The effect of violence on popular support for social movements
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Muñoz Mendoza, Jordi
Anduiza, Eva
author Muñoz Mendoza, Jordi
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Anduiza, Eva
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Moviments socials
Moviments de protesta
Violència
Social movements
Protest movements
Violence
topic Moviments socials
Moviments de protesta
Violència
Social movements
Protest movements
Violence
description Diverse social movements often face tactic diversification. In otherwise nonviolent movements, some groups or radical flanks may resort to violent actions such as street rioting. This article analyzes the impact that these violent episodes can have on popular support for the social movement as a whole. To estimate the causal effect of violence, it exploits an unexpected riot outbreak that occurred during the fieldwork of a face-to-face survey in Barcelona in May 2016, led by a squat group linked to the anti-austerity movement known as the 15-M or indignados that emerged during the financial crisis. By comparing respondents interviewed before and after the riots, it finds that the street violence episode reduced support for the 15-M movement by 12 percentage points on average. However, the magnitude of the effect is highly conditional on the respondents' predispositions towards the movement. Core supporters, that are expected to share the frame of the movement in justifying violent actions, are the least affected by the violent outbreak. On the other extreme, weak supporters, opposers, and non-aligned citizens reduce their support to a larger extent. Results are robust to different specifications and a wide range of robustness checks. These findings have potentially important implications for movements concerned with broadening their support base.
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