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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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Engagement radical, extrême ou violent : basculement ou “continuation” de soi ?
TL;DR: Une nouvelle determination of l’engagement radical, decrit comme radical, emerge alors en reference a ces deux caracteristiques non psychologisantes mais de nature descriptive, en termes de haut cout et of haut risque.
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The Role of Social Networks in the Recruitment of Youth in an Islamist Organization in Pakistan
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined how young people are connected with one influential Islamist student organization in Pakistan and provided deeper insight into the micro-level mechanisms and processes by which new members are approached and drawn closer to the particular organization.
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Dispersed Communist Networks and Grassroots Leadership of Peasant Revolts in Mexico
TL;DR: The Mexican Communist Party (PCM) was systematically among the initiators of many peasant movements, despite earlier state repression that had nearly destroyed the Party and despite ongoing repression.
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Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social Movements
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