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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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The Coercive Weight of the Past: Temporal Dependence and the Conflict-Repression Nexus in the Northern Ireland “Troubles”
TL;DR: The authors argue that very little about how state repression influences political dissent has been found, and that every possible possible relationship, including no influence, has been investigated and no possible relationship has been identified.
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Retooling Politics: How Digital Media Are Shaping Democracy
TL;DR: In this paper, a clear-eyed guide steps back from hyperbolic hopes and fears to offer a balanced account of what aspects of politics are being shaped by digital media and what remains unchanged.
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Group Entitlement, Anger and Participation in Intergroup Violence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose that participants in intergroup violence are motivated by the emotion of intergroup anger, which is triggered by a comparison between the intergroup distribution of resources and the distribution that is believed to be desirable.
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Resistance in repressive contexts: A comprehensive test of psychological predictors.
Arin H. Ayanian,Nicole Tausch,Yasemin Gülsüm Acar,Maria Chayinska,Wing-Yee Cheung,Yulia Lukyanova +5 more
TL;DR: Examination of the psychological predictors of collective action intentions in contexts where resistance is met with significant repression by the authorities confirms that risks attributable to state repression spur rather than quell resistance by increasing outrage, politicized identification, identity consolidation and participative efficacies, and moral obligation.
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Social movements and tourism-related local action
TL;DR: In this article, the role of HandMade in America, a regional economic development organization, in cultivating the change-agent components of social movements (consciousness-raising, networking, and self-efficacy) in seven tourism-reliant communities was investigated.
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The Strength of Weak Ties
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Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory
John D. McCarthy,Mayer N. Zald +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a set of concepts and related propositions drawn from a resource mobilization perspective, emphasizing the variety and sources of resources; the relationship of social movements to the media, authorities, and other parties; and the interaction among movement organizations.
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Self-perception theory
TL;DR: Self-perception theory as discussed by the authors states that individuals come to know their own attitudes, emotions, and other internal states partially by inferring them from observations of their own overt behavior and/or the circumstances in which this behavior occurs.
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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.