ISBN:
9781316823354
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (292 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
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Kurzfassung:
Over the last few decades, we have witnessed increasing incidents of collective action. Collective action is a matter of demand by citizens who are aggrieved, supply by protest organizations/individuals, and mobilization through effective communication networks. This volume elaborates on the processes and mechanisms responsible for these dynamics.
Kurzfassung:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Imprints page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 What Is Political Protest? -- 1.2 About This Volume: Individuals in Action. A Social Psychology of Protest -- 1.3 The Individual as Unit of Analysis -- 1.4 Contextualization of Contestation -- 1.5 The Individual Aftermath of Contention -- 1.6 To Conclude -- Chapter 2 The Legacy of the Past -- 2.1 The Sociological Branch: From Collective Behavior to Collective Action -- 2.2 Collective Behavior Approaches: Strain and Breakdown Theories -- 2.3 Collective Action Approaches: Resources and Opportunities -- 2.4 The Psychological Branch: Motives and Emotions -- 2.5 Meta-analytical Proof -- 2.6 Methodological Approaches to the Social Psychology of Protest -- 2.7 To Conclude -- Chapter 3 What Is Contextualized Contestation? -- 3.1 Sociological Theories of Conflict -- 3.2 The Social Psychology of Protest -- 3.3 Coleman's Boat: Contextualized Contestation -- 3.4 To Conclude -- Chapter 4 Dynamics of Demand -- 4.1 Grievances -- 4.2 Efficacy -- 4.3 Identity -- 4.4 Emotions -- 4.5 Social Embeddedness -- 4.6 Motivational Constellations -- 4.7 Why People Don't Participate -- 4.8 To Conclude -- Chapter 5 Dynamics of Supply -- 5.1 Issues and Multi-organizational Fields -- 5.2 Mechanisms Constructing the Supply -- 5.3 Opportunities to Participate -- 5.4 To Conclude -- Chapter 6 Dynamics of Mobilization -- 6.1 Consensus Formation -- 6.2 Consensus Mobilization -- 6.3 Action Mobilization -- 6.4 To Conclude -- Chapter 7 Context Matters, But How? -- 7.1 Comparison Across Issues, Countries, and Time -- 7.2 What about the Context? -- 7.3 Participation in Movement Politics and Party Politics -- 7.4 Contextualization: Lessons from POLPART -- 7.5 To Conclude -- Chapter 8 Should I Stay or Should I Go?.
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