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Going Abroad: Transnational Solicitation and Contention by Ethnopolitical Organizations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

Victor Asal ,
Justin Conrad  and
Peter White
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Abstract

Existing literature on contentious political movements has generally focused on domestic political activity. Using the new Minorities at Risk Organizational Behavior–Middle East data set (MAROB-ME), which contains organization-level data for 104 ethnopolitical organizations in the Middle East and North Africa, we analyze the decision of both violent and nonviolent organizations to engage in political activity transnationally. Among the results, we find that diaspora support is associated with transnational nonviolent protest, whereas foreign state support and domestic repression increase the use of transnational violence. The most robust finding, however, is that participation in the domestic electoral process consistently reduces the likelihood that an organization will engage in any political activity abroad.

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International Organization , Volume 68 , Issue 4 , Fall 2014 , pp. 945 - 978
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 2014 

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