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Protest Event Analysis: Grievances, Triggers, and Strategies in Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Protests are a feature of both democratic and non-democratic regimes. However, protests in non-democratic regimes have received insufficient academic attention. The nature of protest grievances, strategies, and tactics have been little studied in authoritarian and hybrid regimes. Additionally, triggers of protests are themselves an under-theorised concept.

Trust and Compliance with Covid-19 Measures among Nigerian Households

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This paper probes the relationship between sources of Covid-19 information and adherence to preventive measures in Nigeria, a context characterised by fake news, hate speech, and other forms of disinformation. While this relationship in Nigeria is relatively well studied, little discrete analytical attention has been given to the actor and platform components of information sources.

Fuel Subsidy Protests in Nigeria: The Promise and Mirage of Empowerment

Published by: Elsevier

Attempts to abolish fuel subsidies by successive governments in Nigeria have provoked serious backlash in the form of protests and...

“If We Stayed at Home, Nothing Would Change”: Gendered Acts of Citizenship From Mozambique and Pakistan

This article investigates how women emerged as political subjects through protests in two post-colonial contexts: the Hazara women’s...

Researching Governance in Difficult Times and Places: Reflections from Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria and Pakistan

Published by: Wiley

Fragility and closing civic space present significant challenges for research, making research processes more onerous and difficult,...

Understanding Accountability in Practice: Obligations, Scrutiny, and Consequences

Attempting to increase authorities' accountability for their actions has become a mainstay of development practice in recent decades....

Citizen Action for Accountability in Challenging Contexts: What Have we Learned?

While much is known about how citizens mobilize and make claims for accountability in more democratic, stable, and peaceful settings,...

Repertoires of Citizen Action in Hybrid Settings

Published by: Wiley

In recent years, a growing literature has emerged analysing how organised citizen action can achieve more accountable and inclusive...