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This chapter aims to providea theoretical perspective to the fluctuating levels of intensive collective action during contentious social movements. While in some cases there is a gradual decline of protests, in others there is fluctuation and a re-kindling of the protests. This chapter seeks to understand why the Gezi Park protests in Turkey prolonged. The main argument we put forth deals with the temporal dimension of social movements. Specifically, it problematizes the sequential variance of intensity and patterns of escalation and moderation within a social movement.
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Altıok-Karşıyaka, B., Yıldırım, K. (2015). Characteristics of Prolonged Social Movements: the Case of Gezi Park Protests. In: Gerges, F.A. (eds) Contentious Politics in the Middle East. Middle East Today. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137530868_18
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