Schemas of Contention

Resumen

The literature on contention conflates the structuring of contentious actions with their interpreta-tion, obscuring the independent role of interpretation. We propose a schemas of contention theory that explicitly distinguishes between a schema of action and a schema of interpretation. Focusing on the latter, we theorize and study the public’s interpretation of contention. In two studies of 1429 US citizens, we show that interpretation is structured by a schema that can be modelled in the dimensions of legitimacy and political legibility. Studies that neglect the schema of interpreta-tion or reduce it to that of action misrepresent the structuring of contention.

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Gøtzsche-Astrup, J., & Gøtzsche-Astrup, O. (2020). Schemas of Contention. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/8naqz