Such dire circumstances might be expected to provoke political unrest.

The economic situation continued to worsen during the 1980s, provoking widespread unrest in 1989.

"They had taken so many illegal decisions that they were on the verge of provoking serious unrest."

The Government's overriding fear is that the new inequities will provoke unrest.

They actually added more confusion and even provoked unrest when the peasantry refused to believe or sign them.

The Government is afraid to close factories losing money because of the risk of provoking unrest among workers.

The union's response is important, because price increases have often provoked wide domestic unrest in Poland.

The austerity could also provoke unrest in the countryside.

He warned that growing numbers of displaced people might flock to the cities, possibly provoking social unrest.

Second, the rising tide of nationalism could provoke ethnic unrest in China.