“The importance of profoundly understanding the drivers behind protest under authoritarian regimes is hard to overestimate. Mass mobilisation can be the prelude to dramatic political ruptures that affect the lives of many. This can be for the better, as Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution or Slobodan Milosevic’ overthrow demonstrate, but protests can also be the overture of a nightmare, as revealed by the horrendous civil wars in Ukraine and Syria. Irrespective of whether protest movements succeed in achieving their goals, our concern here is the determinants of street protest, also because taking to the streets is one of the few ways through which repressed peoples living under authoritarian rule can voice their dissent….”
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