Motive Structures and Violence among Young Globalization Critics: A Statistical Typology of the Motives for Protest at the 2007 G8 Summit

• Published in: International journal of conflict and violence Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 124 - 142
• Main Authors: Matthias D. Witte, Arne Schäfer, Dirk Villányi, Uwe Sander, Renate Möller
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Bielefeld 01.05.2009

The results of a questionnaire survey of 3,578 young protesters aged 15 to 24 were used to create a typology of the motive structures of the young globalization critics who participated in protests against the G8 summit in Heiligendamm in June 2007. Eight groups with different motive structures iden...