Repressive Threats, Procedural Concessions, and the Zapatista Cycle of Protests, 1994—2003
MarÃa de la Luz Inclán
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MarÃa de la Luz Inclán: División de Estudios PolÃticos Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2009, vol. 53, issue 5, 794-819
Abstract:
Using negative binomial models, I analyze the effects of repressive threats and procedural concessions on Zapatista protests from 1994 to 2003. Some of the results appear consistent with previous findings in the literature. Repressive threats had a negative initial effect and a positive delayed effect on protest activity and its simultaneous location across cities. However, procedural concessions had statistically insignificant negative initial and delayed effects on protests and their simultaneous location. Also contrary to the literature, when procedural concessions and repressive threats were combined, they had statistically insignificant positive initial and delayed effects on protest activity and its simultaneous location. Finally, democratization changes decreased Zapatista protests in the short and long term and helped to focus mobilization efforts on the remaining closed environments. Thus, democratization openings and an inconsistent use of repressive threats and procedural concessions did not strengthen the development of the movement; they contributed to the movement’s relative weakness.
Keywords: repressive threats; procedural concessions; protests; Zapatistas; EZLN (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/0022002709341173
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