Word on the street: the persistence of leftist-dominated protest in Europe

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• dc.contributor.author Torcal, Mariano
• dc.contributor.author Rodon i Casarramona, Antoni
• dc.contributor.author Hierro, María José
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-09-13T11:23:04Z
• dc.date.available 2024-09-13T11:23:04Z
• dc.date.issued 2016
• dc.description Includes supplementary materials for the online appendix.
• dc.description.abstract Classic studies of protest politics have traditionally defended the dominant left-wing orientation of protesters. However, some recent research has highlighted the general spread of protest by the increasing participation of right-wing individuals. Has this process meant an ‘ideological normalisation’ of protesters? The present article tackles this question by examining competing hypotheses regarding the relationship between ideology and political protest. Through a hierarchical multilevel design, the article tests whether left-wing (or right-wing) supporters are more likely to stay at home when left-wing (right-wing) parties are in power and whether they intensify their protest activities when they are more distant from the government’s ideological position. The article shows that left-wing individuals protest more under right-wing governments than under left-wing governments and yet, they are the group which protest the most also under left-wing governments. Both party mobilisation and values appear to be behind these individuals' greater propensity to participate regardless of the governments' ideological orientation.
• dc.description.sponsorship Part of this work has been supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación under the project CSO2013-47071-R, title ‘Crisis y retos en la ciudadanía en España: actitudes y comportamiento de los españoles ante la crisis económica y de representación política’.
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• dc.identifier.citation Torcal M, Rodon T, Hierro MJ. Word on the street: the persistence of leftist-dominated protest in Europe. West Eur Polit. 2026;39(2):326-50. DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2015.1068525
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2015.1068525
• dc.identifier.issn 0140-2382
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/61086
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Taylor & Francis
• dc.relation.ispartof West European Politics. 2026;39(2):326-50
• dc.relation.isreferencedby http:/dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1568742.v1
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/CSO2013-47071-R
• dc.rights © This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in West European Politics on 2015 Aug 15, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01402382.2015.1068525.
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.subject.keyword Ideology
• dc.subject.keyword Protest
• dc.subject.keyword Values
• dc.subject.keyword Mobilisation
• dc.subject.keyword Cabinet ideology
• dc.title Word on the street: the persistence of leftist-dominated protest in Europe
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion