The 2010s mass protest wave achieved opposite results to protesters’ demands

Evidence

The story of the recent uprisings from around the world that sought to change society - and what comes next. … From 2010 to 2020, more people took part in protests than at any other point in human history. Why has success been so elusive? … From the so-called Arab Spring to Gezi Park in Turkey, from Ukraine’s Euromaidan to student rebellions in Chile and Hong Kong, the second decade of the twenty-first century was propelled by explosive mass demonstrations. But few people got what they wanted. In too many cases, the protests led to the opposite of what they asked for. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 20

Categorization

• QUESTION: This is the publisher’s blurb — the chapter is ‘About the Book’ so it’s just promotional material rather than substantive content. Skip.
• XREF: connects to: Mass protest wins tactical concessions while structural demands remain unmet — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 278; March 2013 crowds rejected the left parties that had built the protest — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 430; A protest’s media success can diverge from its organizers’ goals — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 393 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Mass protest’s outcomes rarely matched participants’ goals #corroborates (0.92) — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 42
• The 2008-2020s protest wave managed elite-mass relations rather than shifting them #corroborates (0.85) — Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics, 25
• Horizontal protest movements that refuse representation get co-opted or crushed by existing powers #expands (0.82) — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 444
• A protest’s media success can diverge from its organizers’ goals #expands (0.78) — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 393