Relative Deprivation, Protests and Voting in Kenya
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2018Author
Asingo, Patrick O
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While protests and voting are forms of political participation, their theoretical
and empirical literature has largely developed independently and remains
unintegrated, despite a possible common causal mechanism. This paper
explores the possibility that perceptions of relative deprivation could be a
common causal mechanism. It identifies three forms of relative deprivation –
intra-personal, inter-personal, and fraternalistic. Using the Afrobarometer
survey data for Kenya, the paper tests the influence of each of the three
forms of relative deprivation on the likelihood of voting or participating in
protests. The results show that intra-personal relative deprivation influences
the likelihood of protesting and voting, by raising the former while reducing
the latter. However, inter-personal and fraternalistic relative deprivations are
not significant predictors of the likelihood of either protesting or voting.
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https://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/patrick_asingo/publications/relative-deprivation-protests-and-voting-kenyahttp://hdl.handle.net/11295/102354
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Asingo PO. "Relative Deprivation, Protests and Voting in Kenya." Commonwealth and Comparative Politics . 2018;56(1):65-83.Publisher
University of Nairobi
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