Motivational dimensions in social movements and contentious collective action /

"For years, students of social movements and other forms of contentious action have been sharply divided over what motivates people to engage in protest. Early on, analysts generally agreed that participation in acts of protest was motivated by various deprivations pushing toward action. Newer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pinard, Maurice, 1929-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montréal [Qué.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Social movements > Psychological aspects.
Social action > Psychological aspects.
Motivation (Psychology) > Social aspects.
Mouvements sociaux > Aspect psychologique.
Action sociale > Aspect psychologique.
Motivation (Psychologie) > Aspect social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Motivation (Psychology) > Social aspects
Social movements > Psychological aspects
Kollektive Handlung
Motivationspsychologie
Soziale Bewegung
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Approaches to motivation in the social movement literature. The role of deprivations and grievances in various theoretical approaches
  • Controversies and empirical evidence regarding the role of grievances. The direction of causality between grievances and mobilization
  • The constancy and ubiquity of grievances
  • The evidence regarding the impact of grievances
  • The evidence regarding the impact of emotions
  • Methodological problems invalidating some research on grievances. Data and measurement problems
  • Problems of analytical designs
  • Other motivational components
  • Aspirations as internal motives
  • Deprivations, incentives, principles, and solidarity
  • Expectancy of success as a motivational component
  • A model of motivation in contentious collective action. The model
  • Other variations in motivational patterns
  • Important factors affecting motivation. Framing processes and motivation
  • The role of collective identities.

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