Justification of violence, ideological preferences, and exposure to protests: causal evidence from the 2019 Chilean social unrest

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dc.article.numbere02812
dc.catalogadorcarga
dc.contributor.authorDisi Pavlic, Rodolfo
dc.contributor.authorMedel, Rodrigo M.
dc.contributor.authorBargsted, Matias
dc.contributor.authorSomma, Nicolas M.
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-30T10:01:03Z
dc.date.available2025-10-30T10:01:03Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractWe examine the relationship between proximity to actively policed protest events and people's willingness to justify violence against police forces. Focusing on the Chilean social uprising, a series of massive protests between 2019 and 2020, this study highlights the significant implications of law enforcement issues on government legitimacy and the potential for protest policing to escalate violence. To conduct our research, we use a difference-in-differences design that combines survey data with georeferenced data on protests that experienced active policing near survey respondents. Our results show that spatial and temporal proximity to such protests significantly increases people's willingness to justify violence. Additionally, this effect is not uniform across all ideological groups. Exposure to protests with active policing strongly affects centrists, whereas it is negligible for leftists, rightists, and independents. Different robustness checks largely support a causal link between proximity to actively policed protests and justification of violence against the police. These insights contribute to our understanding of how mass mobilizations and state responses influence public attitudes, emphasizing the nuanced impact of protest policing on different ideological segments of society.
dc.description.funderDoctorado Nacional
dc.description.funderANID
dc.description.funderANID
dc.description.funderVRI-UC
dc.description.funderCIGIDEN
dc.description.funderCIGIDEN
dc.format.extent9 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/sf/soaf102
dc.identifier.eissn1534-7605
dc.identifier.issn0037-7732
dc.identifier.pubmedid32576984
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:105010257572
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaf102
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/106421
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001524616800001
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Sociología; Bargsted Valdes, Matias Andres; 0000-0001-5617-6230; 2906
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Sociología; Somma Gonzalez, Nicolas Manuel; 0000-0001-8717-3868; 1007923
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Ciencias Sociales; Somma Gonzalez, Nicolas Manuel; S/I; 1007923
dc.issue.numero528
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido completo
dc.pagina.final2050
dc.pagina.inicio2045
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.revistaSOCIAL FORCES
dc.rightsregistro bibliográfico
dc.subjectprotests
dc.subjectprocedural justice
dc.subjectattitude change
dc.subject.ddc620
dc.subject.deweyIngenieríaes_ES
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable cities and communities
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.titleJustification of violence, ideological preferences, and exposure to protests: causal evidence from the 2019 Chilean social unrest
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen30
sipa.codpersvinculados2906
sipa.codpersvinculados1007923
sipa.codpersvinculados1007923
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS-SCOPUS;2025-10-30
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