Public Perception Of Protest Essay

Protest and Political Culture of Pakistan: A case study of PTI’s Sit-in in Islamabad

Introduction

A protest is also called a remonstrance or demonstration which is an expression of bearing witness on the behalf of an express caused by words or actions with regard to the particular events, policies or situations. Protests can take many different forms, from individual to mass demonstrations. It is a formal declaration of an objection.

Ralph H. Turner, in his paper, The Public Perception of Protest attempts to investigate several theoretical vantage points from which to predict when a public will and will not view a major disturbance as an act of social protest.

Protest has been defined has “an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent often in opposition

The political landscape of the country is mainly dominated by landlords, businessmen and religious clergy who over the years have developed an unholy nexus with the ever dominant civil and military bureaucracy. The voting patterns are also divided on religious, ethnic and linguistic lines. The lack of education among the masses has further strengthened the stranglehold of these political actors on the political structure of the country. In addition, the biraderism plays a key role in the decisions of individuals and groups and heavily affects their voting patterns in rural areas. With Sindh and Balochistan dominated by the landowning classes, and masses being their subjects on a large scale, the political culture in these areas has remained autocratic. At the same time in Punjab, the caste/biradarism still dictates the political orientations of the people in choosing the candidates who can secure their interests as a group. Additionally, in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa people see politics through the prisms of religion and