abstract: 'Evidence of protest expansion both in the United States and abroad has

  stimulated theoretical discussion of a ``movement society,{''''} with some

  arguing that protest activities are becoming a standard feature of

  democratic politics. In advancing this claim, many have highlighted the

  role of domestic factors for example, generational change or economic

  affluence without fully accounting for the possibility that

  international dynamics may play an important role as well. The lack of

  work is surprising not only because the trend in protest is

  international in scope, but also because work in comparative sociology

  suggests globalization may make an important contribution. This study

  addresses the empirical gap by examining how political globalization (as

  measured by memberships in international organizations) and economic

  globalization (as measured by trade activity and foreign investment)

  influence trends in protest participation. Using data from World Values

  Surveys of 37,716 respondents in 17 advanced democracies merged with

  data on several national and international indicators, this study

  examines how the probability of participating in protest has changed

  over time as a result of these two forms of globalization. The results

  of multivariate, multilevel analysis combined with simulations indicate

  that trends in political globalization have expanded protest activity,

  while trends in economic globalization have limited that expansion.

  These results suggest that social movement scholarship should continue

  to examine the implications of globalization for protest behavior and

  other social movement dynamics.'
affiliation: 'Dodson, K (Corresponding Author), Univ Calif Merced, Sch Social Sci
  Humanities \& Arts, 5200 North Lake Rd, Merced, CA 95343 USA.

  Dodson, Kyle, Univ Calif Merced, Merced, CA 95343 USA.'
author: Dodson, Kyle
author-email: kdodson2@ucmerced.edu
author_list:
- family: Dodson
  given: Kyle
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1093/socpro/spu004
eissn: 1533-8533
files: []
issn: 0037-7791
journal: SOCIAL PROBLEMS
keywords: 'social movements; world society; globalization; protest expansion;

  comparative politics'
keywords-plus: 'GLOBAL CIVIL-SOCIETY; TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY NETWORKS; INCOME

  INEQUALITY; ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION; WORLDWIDE EXPANSION; UNITED-STATES;

  MOVEMENT; MOBILIZATION; RIGHTS; DEINDUSTRIALIZATION'
language: English
month: FEB
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '114'
pages: 15-39
papis_id: f552e72055958cf6844fb1649c230468
ref: Dodson2015globalizationprotest
times-cited: '21'
title: Globalization and Protest Expansion
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000351250500003
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '38'
volume: '62'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2015'