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The Women’s March a Social Movement? PhD Candidate Emily Kalah Gade in The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage

Submitted by Caterina Rost on January 31, 2017 - 1:28pm

UW Political Science PhD candidate Emily Kalah Gade wrote an article addressing the chances of the Women’s March becoming a serious social movement for the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog. Gade lists and discusses five reasons for why “the Women’s March may succeed as a movement where others have failed”:

  1. This march drew support from many different corners of society.
  2. The march was successfully nonviolent.
  3. The U.S. has a strong, independent court system.
  4. Movements need a common elevating goal.
  5. “Relative deprivation” is a powerful motivation for action. That’s the fear that your rights and opportunities will be diminished.”

The article titled “Why the Women’s March may be the start of a serious social movement” appeared on The Washington Post website on January 30, 2017. The article is part of a series that appeared on The Monkey Cage focusing on what social science can tell us about the Women’s March on Washington. The Monkey Cage is a blog that relies upon political science research “to make sense of the circus that is politics.” It was named 2010 Blog of the Year by The Week and a 2012 Best Blog by Time

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