Protest Avoidance: Labor Mobilization and Social Policy Reform in France

Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 377 - 391
Published: Oct 1, 2006
Abstract
Students of public policy and social mobilization alike should pay more attention to the political strategies of protest avoidance. Distinct from traditional blame-avoidance strategies, protest avoidance occurs when elected officials, facing direct and nearly inescapable blame, attempt to reduce the scope of social mobilization triggered by unpopular reforms. In recent decades, successive French governments have introduced major, unpopular...
Paper Details
Title
Protest Avoidance: Labor Mobilization and Social Policy Reform in France
Published Date
Oct 1, 2006
Volume
11
Issue
3
Pages
377 - 391
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