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The Consequenses of Soft Repression
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0491-6588
Oslo University, Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, Oslo, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2420-9365
2020 (English)In: Mobilization, ISSN 1086-671X, E-ISSN 1938-1514, Vol. 25, no 3, p. 383-404Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article examines the consequences of soft repression on social movement activists. By drawing on activists’ perceptions, we develop a multilayered analytical framework that captures the experienced effects of soft repression at the individual, organizational, and movement levels. Our results show that soft repression—in particular, labeling, and stigmatization— primarily affect the individual level by triggering self-policing and self-control. By introducing a model that incorporates several radical social movement organizations, we also show how labeling and stigmatization affect different radical groups in different ways. These measures sometimes fail to demobilize the primary targets of the repressive actions, the most militant and clandestine groups. Instead, the demobilizing effects seem most evident in organizations that mobilize openly and inclusively. Our analysis is based on in-depth interviews with activists from the radical left-libertarian movement (RLLM) in Sweden, most of which have been active in organizations labeled as “violence-affirming extremists” by the Swedish government.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
San Diego, CA, USA: Dept. of Sociology, San Diego State University , 2020. Vol. 25, no 3, p. 383-404
Keywords [en]
Soft repression, radical left, anarchism, counter-extremism, policy implementation, backfire effects
Keywords [sv]
Repression, våldsbejakande extremism, radikal vänster, policy implementering.
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Sociology
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Political Science; Sociology; Criminology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-85934DOI: 10.17813/1086-671X-25-3-383ISI: 000574271800005OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-85934DiVA, id: diva2:1470322
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Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, 2016-489
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Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies A068-2011

Available from: 2020-09-24 Created: 2020-09-24 Last updated: 2021-01-26Bibliographically approved

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