Dynamics of Protest Waves in Eastern Europe

Dr. Ivaylo Dinev (ZOiS)

Sofia, Bulgaria, 24.02.2013; the full poster reads "Balkans, wake up" © George Chelebiev, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Project description

The database Dynamics of Protest Waves in Eastern Europe is an individual project of the DataLab. The main aim is to combine data from various sources, publications, books and datasets with a focus on mass protest mobilisations in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus in the last four decades.  

Key questions

  • What characterizes the long-term dynamics of contentious politics in Eastern Europe from a comparative perspective in terms of repertoires, actors, aims and outcomes?

Methodology and sources

  • Coding procedures and techniques will employ the protest event analysis (PEA), a type of quantitative content analysis method.

Project team