Theme page
Civil society and protest
Space for assembly, advocacy, and organized dissent.
- 0
- Events in this demo
- 0
- States with an event
- 0
- Categories in this theme
- 0
- Most in one year
2008–2024
Sample data
Of 50
Sample data
Of 33 overall
In 2023
Sample data
Over time
The shape of this theme
Events coded to civil society and protest across 17 years and 47 states. On the finished site this curve is what a reader checks before asking whether their own state is unusual.
Synthetic counts. The shape carries no claim about this theme.
Categories
What rolls up to this theme
- Surveillance of advocacy groups70
- Nonprofit registration burden68
- Protest permit denial66
- Anti-protest penalty escalation62
Where
States with the most
Sample counts, not a ranking of states.
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How it is coded
What qualifies an event for this theme, and how coders decide between neighbouring categories.
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