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S4 Ep52: Why do protests matter?

S4 Ep52: Why do protests matter?

Update: 2024-12-12
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When citizens demand change and feel they are not being heard, they protest on the

streets. Thanks to social media and TV coverage, we see protests every night on the

news. But has the frequency or the character of protests changed? Who is

protesting, and what makes them take to the streets? David Yang and Noam

Yuchtman are two of the authors of a new review of the literature on protests. They

tell Tim Phillips what they discovered.



Read the full show notes on VoxDev: https://voxdev.org/topic/institutions-political-economy/why-do-protests-matter-exploring-their-causes-and-lasting
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S4 Ep52: Why do protests matter?

S4 Ep52: Why do protests matter?

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