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Elite Allies

Elite Allies is a political actor within the broader category of institutional elites who, by leveraging their positional power and resources, actively support social movements through advocacy, access to decision-making arenas, or legitimization, thereby distinguishing them from neutral or oppositional elites in the context of political opportunity structures.

38

Publications

1.8K

Citations

43

Authors

29

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

10

Parents

Publications

38

When Do Movements Matter? The Politics of Contingency and the Equal Rights Amendment

Sarah A. Soule, Susan Olzak · American Sociological Review · 2004 · 349 citations

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Bloodied Democracy: Duterte and the Death of Liberal Reformism in the Philippines

Mark R. Thompson · Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs · 2016 · 126 citations · Full text

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Political Opportunities: From Tilly to Tilly

Marco Giugni · Swiss Political Science Review · 2009 · 97 citations · Full text

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Rightful resistance revisited

Kevin J. O’Brien · The Journal of Peasant Studies · 2013 · 91 citations

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Rubber, rights and resistance: the evolution of local struggles against a Chinese rubber concession in Northern Laos

Karen E. McAllister · The Journal of Peasant Studies · 2015 · 79 citations

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Authors

43

  1. KJ
    Kevin J. O’Brien

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 101 citations

    2

    h-index

  2. CL
    Charlotte Lysa

    University of Oslo, Norway

    1 publications · 26 citations

    1

    h-index

  3. KE
    Karen E. McAllister

    Yahoo (United Kingdom), United Kingdom

    1 publications · 79 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. EL
    Edward L. Homze

    1 publications · 34 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. JT
    Judith Teichman

    University of Toronto, Canada

    1 publications · 22 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

29

  1. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    385 citations

  3. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    91 citations

  4. University of Nevada, Reno

    Reno, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

    Cologne, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  6. East Asia Research

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    126 citations

  7. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    349 citations

  8. Mahidol University

    Bangkok, Thailand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

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Venues

  1. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 2 publications · 70 citations

    2

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 24 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 2 publications · 385 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 43 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. The Journal of Peasant Studies

    2 publications · 170 citations

    2

    h-index

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