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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 payoffs of organizational membership for political activism in established democracies
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of membership in different forms of membership (active and passive) in distinct organizational forms (civic and political) on political activism, taking selection bias into account.
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Source effects in the micro-mobilization of collective action via social media
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether personal networks affect people's willingness to participate in online versus offline forms of collective action, when personal dispositional factors (activism-and issue involvement, perceived self-, technological-, and group efficacies) are considered.
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Individual Participation in Collective Action in the Context of a Caribbean Island State: Testing the Effects of Multiple Dimensions of Social Capital.
TL;DR: In this paper, a case study examining the relationship between social capital and individual participation in collaborative-tive action on a Caribbean island recovering from devastation inflicted by Hurricanes Ivan and Emily is presented.
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Mobilizing From Scratch: Large-Scale Collective Action Without Preexisting Organization in the Syrian Uprising:
TL;DR: The authors argue that large-scale challenges to authority build upon preexisting organization and civil society resources, and how do dissenters mobilize masses in repressive settin-inland countries?
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Closing the renewable energy gender gap in the United States and Canada: The role of women’s professional networking
TL;DR: The relationship between gender and the natural environment, especially energy conservation, discuss the role of women's professional development via networking organizations, and present the results of interviews with women working in U.S. and Canadian renewable energy companies as mentioned in this paper.
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Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory
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Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social Movements
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