Vestergren, SK and Sefa Uysal, M (2022) Do disasters trigger protests? A conceptual view of the connection between disasters, injustice, and protests – the case of COVID-19. Frontiers in Political Science, 4. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2673-3145

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Abstract

People around the globe are affected by disasters far beyond the disaster properties. Given that certain social groups are affected disproportionately, disasters need to be considered as political events which may cause political actions. Therefore, we aim to discuss, from a social psychological perspective, how and why protests might occur during or after a disaster. We argue for an elaborated model of collective action participation suggesting that disasters enhance the predictors of protest mobilisation and participation though emerged or enhanced social injustice. We also suggest that while disaster properties can be used to delegitimise protests and social movements, properties within the collective can be used to facilitate for community resilience and recovery during and after a disaster. Finally, we discuss the gaps in current research and emphasise the need for more attention to the disaster-protest link as we can expect more disasters due to climate crisis, likely to lead to more protests and political collective action.

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Additional Information: © 2022 Vestergren, Uysal and Tekin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 04 Aug 2022 11:29
Last Modified: 13 Apr 2023 07:58
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/11182

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