LOUD AND CLEAR: THE EFFECT OF PROTEST SIGNALS ON CONGRESSIONAL ATTENTION

IF 1.3 2区社会学 Q3 SOCIOLOGY

Mobilization Pub Date : 2017-03-01 DOI:10.17813/1086-671X-22-1-17

M. Fassiotto, S. Soule

引用次数: 27

Abstract

We examine the effect of public protest on policy by considering how protests may matter to lawmakers. Research on this topic suggests that protest signals information to lawmakers about citizen preferences. Empirical work finds that the strength of the signal sent by protest can influence its effectiveness in achieving desired policy goals. We build on this insight by arguing that signal clarity is also important. Public protests sending focused and clear messages to lawmakers are more likely to impact policy than protests with unfocused messages. Using data on women's protests from 1961–1995, we confirm past findings on the importance of signal strength and find support for our new argument about the importance of signal clarity.

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响亮而清晰：抗议信号对国会注意力的影响

我们通过考虑抗议活动对立法者的影响来研究公众抗议对政策的影响。对这一主题的研究表明，抗议向立法者发出了有关公民偏好的信息。实证研究发现，抗议发出的信号强度会影响其实现预期政策目标的有效性。在此基础上，我们认为信号清晰度也很重要。向立法者发出有重点和明确信息的公众抗议比没有重点信息的抗议更有可能影响政策。利用1961年至1995年妇女抗议活动的数据，我们证实了过去关于信号强度重要性的研究结果，并为我们关于信号清晰度重要性的新论点找到了支持。

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Mobilization SOCIOLOGY-

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3.80

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期刊介绍： Mobilization: An International Quarterly is the premier journal of research specializing in social movements, protests, insurgencies, revolutions, and other forms of contentious politics. Mobilization was first published in 1996 to fill the need for a scholarly review of research that focused exclusively with social movements, protest and collective action. Mobilization is fully peer-reviewed and widely indexed. A 2003 study, when Mobilization was published semiannually, showed that its citation index rate was 1.286, which placed it among the top ten sociology journals. Today, Mobilization is published four times a year, in March, June, September, and December. The editorial board is composed of thirty internationally recognized scholars from political science, sociology and social psychology. The goal of Mobilization is to provide a forum for global, scholarly dialogue. It is currently distributed to the top international research libraries and read by the most engaged scholars in the field. We hope that through its wide distribution, different research strategies and theoretical/conceptual approaches will be shared among the global community of social movement scholars, encouraging a collaborative process that will further the development of a cumulative social science.