... interviews with former participants in the demonstrations. Results reveal that, in an illiberal society, alternative sources of information and emotional experiences, activated by an external stimulation and supported by social contagion, are significant factors for protest mobilization. Future research can...

..., characterized by feelings of entitlement and injustice that stem in part from government rhetoric, while pushed into opposition by the state’s refusal to accommodate genuine labor mobilization. * Corresponding author. © 2010 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd...