Discontent and Aggressive Political Participation
In: British journal of political science, Band 13, Heft 2, S. 159-179
ISSN: 1469-2112
People who take part in acts of civil disobedience or political violence are discontented about something. That is a truism. The interesting research problem is to identify particular kinds of discontent that are associated systematically with aggressive political behaviour-discontent that operates as a 'precondition' of aggressive behaviour in contrast to discontent that is peculiar to particular groups at particular times and places and serves only as a 'precipitant' of aggressive behaviour.