Susan Olzak

Stanford University

Professor of Sociology

Stanford, CA 94305

United States

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/soc/people/slozak/

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Scholarly Papers (19)

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“Does Protest Against Police Violence Matter? Evidence from U.S. Cities, 1980-2018.”

Forthcoming. “Does Protest Against Police Violence Matter? Evidence from U.S. Cities, 1980-2019.” American Sociological Review.
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 31 Aug 2021
Susan Olzak
Stanford University
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police violence, racial inequality, protest, social movements

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School Shootings, Protests, and the Gun Culture in the U.S.

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Aug 2022
Susan Olzak
Stanford University
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Friends or Foes? The Impact of Political Allies and Social Movement Activity on Environmental Legislation in Congress

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 25 Jan 2014
Stanford University, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and Stanford University
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Social Movements, Congressional Legislation, Environmental Bills

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Going Green: Environmental Protest, Policy and CO2 Emissions, in U.S. States, 1990-2007

Sociological Forum, March 2018, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 18-30
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Jun 2018
John Munoz, Susan Olzak and Sarah Soule
Stanford University, Stanford University and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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environmental movement, protest, climate change, social movmements

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School Shootings, Protest and the Gun Culture in the U.S

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Aug 2022
Susan Olzak
Stanford University
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gun control, school shootings, gun control protest, the NRA

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Ideological Focus, Tactical Performance, and the Survival of Terrorist Organizations

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 08 Jan 2021
Susan Olzak
Stanford University
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terrorist organizations, survival analysis, category spanning, ideology and terrorist organizations, organizational capacity and surival

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Does Protest Against Police Violence Matter? Evidence from U.S. Cities, 1980-2019

Olzak, Susan. 2021. “Does Protest Against Police Violence Matter? Evidence from U.S. Cities, 1980-2018.” American Sociological Review 86(6): 1066–1099.
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 26 Aug 2022
Susan Olzak
Stanford University
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police violence, racial inequality, protest, social movements

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The Risk of Occupying a Broad Niche for Environmental Social Movement Organizations

Olzak, Susan and Erik W. Johnson. "The Risk of Occupying a Broad Niche for Environmental Social Movement Organizations." Mobilization: An International Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 16 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2022
Susan Olzak and Erik W. Johnson
Stanford University and Washington State University - Department of Sociology
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category spanning, environmental social movement organizations, organizational mortality, social movement theory

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The Impact of State Reforms on Protest Against Apartheid in South Africa

Olzak, Susan Maya Beasley, and Johan L. Olivier. 2003. "The Impact of State Reforms on Anti-Apartheid Protest in South Africa." Mobilization 82(1): 26-50.
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Oct 2022
Susan Olzak, Maya Beasley and Johann Olivier
Stanford University, University of Connecticut - Department of Sociology and University of Pretoria
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social movements, Apartheid, South Africa, protest, race relations

The Effect of Category Spanning on the Lethality and Longevity of Terrorist Organizations

Olzak, Susan. 2016. "The Effect of Category Spanning on the Lethality and Longevity of Terrorist Organizations." Social Forces 95(2): 559-584.
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 03 Sep 2018
Susan Olzak
Stanford University
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Terrorism, Ideology, Category Spanning Theory

The Effect of Category Spanning on the Lethality and Longevity of Terrorist Organizations

2016. Social Forces 96(2): 559-584.
Posted: 06 Oct 2022
Susan Olzak
Stanford University

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terrorist organizations, lethality, fatalities from terrorism, category spanning

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The Polarizing Effect of Anti-Immigrant Violence on Radical Right Sympathies in Germany

Maureen A. Eger and Susan Olzak. 2022. "The Polarizing Effect of Anti-Immigrant Violence on Radical Right Sympathies in Germany." International Migration Review https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183221126461
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 08 Dec 2022
Maureen A. Eger and Susan Olzak
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Stanford University
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immigration, refugees, collective violence, radical right

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The Impact of Ideological Ambiguity on Terrorist Organizations

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 31 Aug 2022
Susan Olzak
Stanford University
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terrorist organizations, lethality, survival of terrorist organizations, ambiguity

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Organizational Diversity, Vitality and Outcomes in the Civil Rights Movmeent

Susan Olzak and Emily Ryo. 2007 "Organizational Diversity, Vitality, and Outcomes in the Civil Rights Movement." Social Forces 85(4): 1561-1590.
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 25 Sep 2022
Susan Olzak and Emily Ryo
Stanford University and Stanford University
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Social movements, civil rights movements, social movement organizations

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Racial Conflict and Protest in South Africa and the United States

Olzak, Susan, and Johan L. Olivier. 1998. "Racial Conflict and Protest in South Africa and the United States." European Sociological Review 14(3): 255-278.
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 Aug 2022
Susan Olzak
Stanford University
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racial protest and conflict, Apartheid, racial inequality, repression

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Does Globalization Breed Ethnic Discontent

2011.Journal of Conflict Resolution 55(1) 3-32.
Posted: 26 Sep 2022
Susan Olzak
Stanford University

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Ethnic, Women's and African American Studies Majors in U.S. Institutions of Higher Education

2008. Sociology of Education 81 (2): 163-188.
Posted: 25 Sep 2022
Susan Olzak and Nicole Kangas
Stanford University and Stanford University

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higher education, ethnic studies, women's studies, instrumental variable approach

Friends or Foes? How Social Movement Allies Affect the Passage of Legislation in the U.S. Congress

2016. Mobilization 21(2): 213-230.
Posted: 25 Sep 2022
Stanford University, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and Stanford University

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environmental movement, legislation, event-history methods, social movements

Friends or Foes? How Social Movement Allies Affect the Passage of Legislation in the U.S. Congress

Olzak, Susan, Sarah A. Soule, Marion Coddou, and John Muñoz. 2016. "Friends or Foes? How Social Movement Allies Affect the Passage of Legislation." Mobilization 21(2) 213-230
Posted: 14 Oct 2022
Stanford University, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and Stanford University

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social movements, legslation, environmental legislation

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The Effects of Immigrant Diversity and Ethnic Competition on Collective Conflict in Urban America: An Assessment of Two Movements of Mass Migration, 1869-1993 and 1965-1993

Suzanne Shanahan and Susan Olzak. 1999. "The Effects of Immigrant Diversity and Ethnic Competition on Collective Conflict in Urban America: An Assessment of Two Movements of Mass Migration, 1869-1993." Journal of American Ethnic History (Spring 1999): 18: 40-64.
Posted: 22 Aug 2022
Susan Olzak and Suzanne Shanahan
Stanford University and Duke University - Department of Sociology

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immigration, ethnic conflict, ethnic competition theory

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Prisoners and Paupers: The Impact of Group Threat on Incarceration in Nineteenth Century American Cities

American Sociological Review 79 (3): 392-411, 2014
Posted: 22 Aug 2018
Susan Olzak and Suzanne Shanahan
Stanford University and Duke University - Department of Sociology

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Ethnic and Racial Competition, Group Threat, Social Control