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Recruitment to high-risk activism: The case of Freedom Summer.
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This paper argued for the importance of a distinction between "low-and high-risk/cost activism" and outlined a model or recruitment to the latter, emphasizing the import of low-risk and high-cost activism.Abstract:
This article proposes and argues for the importance of a distinction between "low-" and "high-risk/cost activism" and outlines a model or recruitment to the latter. The model emphasizes the importa...read more
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Perceptions of the Media and the Public and their Effects on Political Participation in Colombia
TL;DR: This paper investigated whether perceptions of the media and the public are related to political participation in Colombia and found that perceived media bias attenuates projection but increases political engagement, but no direct relationship between projection and participation.
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How do people get engaged in civic participation? A case study of citizen activism in rebuilding Enning Road, Guangzhou
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss how citizens become engaged in networks for civic engagement and what affects the initiation, continuity, and impact of an actual action and present a case study of the citizens' engagem...
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“All of Belarus has come out onto the streets”: exploring nationwide protest and the role of pre-existing social networks
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The “Orange Princess” Runs for President: Gender and the Outcomes of the 2010 Presidential Election
TL;DR: In this paper, a gender analytic perspective is used to explore the outcomes of the 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections and assess gender differences within the Tymoshenko and Yanukovych electorates at the regional level through exit poll data.
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Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory
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Self-perception theory
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Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social Movements
TL;DR: In this paper, a multifactored model of social movement formation is presented, emphasizing resources, organization, and political opportunities in addition to traditional discontent hypotheses, and the McCarthy-Zald theory of entrepreneurial mobilization is critically assessed as an interpretation of the social movements of the 1960s-1970s.