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Replication Data for: The “Ironic Impact” of Pro-democracy Activists: How Pro-democratic Frames Undermine Support for Local Policy-Based Protests in Authoritarian Regimes

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Title Replication Data for: The “Ironic Impact” of Pro-democracy Activists: How Pro-democratic Frames Undermine Support for Local Policy-Based Protests in Authoritarian Regimes
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QN8SR4
 
Creator Truong, Mai
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Many protesters under authoritarian rule are “narrow in scope, involving only one or a few neighborhoods, villages, or groups of laid-off workers” and focus on demands that “have to do only with material interests and local grievances” (Lorentzen, 2013, p.131). These protests typically blame local authorities and express loyalty to the political system. However, in the Internet age, pro-democracy advocates often endorse and co-opt these local policy protests for their own ends. Does being endorsed by pro-democracy activists undermine support for these local policy protesters? Building on research suggesting that non-activists often perceive activists as extreme, I theorize that associating with pro-democratic frames can undermine support for local policy protesters by making the protesters seem more extreme and their protests less legal. Using an Internet survey experiment in Vietnam, I find support for my argument. These findings highlight a challenge to building pro-democracy coalitions under authoritarian rule.
 
Subject Social Sciences
Survey Experiments
 
Date 2024-01-05
 
Contributor Truong, Mai