The Next Generation of Collective Action Research

Wright, Stephen C.

doi:10.1111/j.1540-4560.2009.01628.x

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“…It addresses an important gap in the literature by measuring different forms of action (Wright et al, 2009): mild (political participation) and aggressive (support for political violence) in a real life context; in this case, relations between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland.…”

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“…As Wright (2009) points out, it is vital to distinguish the psychological mechanisms underpinning the link between contact and different forms of collective action, for example, what leads to attending a protest, compared to throwing a petrol bomb, as these will have very different consequences for intergroup relations. Evidence for this comes from Becker, Tausch, Spears and Christ (2011), who found that participation in radical action was associated with disidentification from the ingroup; however, this was not the case for moderate action.…”

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Beyond the irony of intergroup contact: The effects of contact and threat on political participation and support for political violence in Northern Ireland.

Taylor¹

2017

Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice

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Research suggests that intergroup contact can ironically lead to a reduction in commitment to social change and that threat can play an important role in this process. In post-agreement societies, however, characterised more so by symbolic rather than material conflict, the role that intergroup contact and threat play in social action may be particularly complex. This paper examines intergroup contact, intergroup threat, support for political violence, and political participation, among a student sample (n=152) of Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. Results show that contact is associated with lower symbolic and realistic threat for both groups, and to lower levels of support for political violence but not to political participation. Symbolic threat mediated the association between contact and support for political violence and between contact and political participation for the Protestant majority group only. This suggests that contact may have a positive effect upon group relations but that this is dependent upon status and the social-political context.

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Beyond the irony of intergroup contact: The effects of contact and threat on political participation and support for political violence in Northern Ireland.

Taylor¹

2017

Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice

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“…Individuals have a strong desire to maintain a positive social identity as well as a high level of self-esteem and this is reflected in the types of comments fans make about behaviors by in-and out-group members (Burgers et.al, 2014;Wann, 1993). As Wright (2009) …”

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Investigating the negative fan behaviors of a branded collegiate basketball student section

Gordon

Arney

2017

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Branded collegiate student sections (e.g., the Cameron Crazies at Duke University) have been identified as the most committed supporters of the team. The marketing benefits of these groups have been documented yet the potential negative consequences have gone unexplored in the literature. This study aimed to understand what types of behavior fans in this context engaged in, why they engaged in these actions, and attempts to link some of these observations to relevant theory on fan violence. A multiple method design was employed in order to obtain both breadth and depth of the phenomenon as well as for data triangulation. Ten members of a large, collegiate basketball fan group participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews and extensive fieldwork of the fan group was conducted over the course of a season. Finally, 197 members of the same college basketball fan group responded to a survey questionnaire. The results of this study indicated there are negative consequences linked to the behavior of members of the branded student section. University officials should be aware of the potential danger of these branded student sections and strengthen relations and authority over these groups to minimize the likelihood of negative fan behavior.

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“…Collective action encompasses any behaviour where an individual acts on a group's behalf to improve the status, social power, or conditions of a group as a whole (Wright, 2009;Wright, Taylor, & Moghaddam, 1990). Social psychological research has historically focused on understanding why a person might challenge, rather than accept, their own unjust disadvantage.…”

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“…Collective action encompasses behaviours that aim to improve the conditions of a group as a whole (Wright et al, 1990), specifically contrasted with behaviour that improves only an individual's position (Wright, 2009). …”

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Collective action by outsiders to group conflict and inequality

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Every day, people around the world struggle and strive as they challenge injustice and inequality through collective action. They petition, they protest, and they call for changes in public policy to secure rights and status for themselves and for the groups to which they belong. From revolutions in the Arab Spring, to reactionary demonstrations by the US Tea Party, to worldwide protests of Russia's annexing of Crimea, the twenty-first century has seen people on the march.Most existing social psychological research into collective action has focused on understanding the motives for collective action by people who are directly involved in a context of group conflict or inequality ("insiders"). But will external observers ("outsiders") also take collective action when they encounter an external conflict? Who will they support in that conflict? Do their motives for intervening through collective action differ from those of insiders? In this thesis I aim to answer these questions.Chapter 1 establishes the need to consider outsiders as potential collective actors. I review the existing collective action literature and discuss its historical and current focus on insiders. I then introduce outsiders, hypothesise how they may differ from insiders, and argue for the importance of understanding how outsiders respond when they encounter group conflict.Chapter 2 includes two studies that sought to determine (1) whether outsiders are willing to take collective action on behalf of an external conflict, and (2) whether outsiders and insiders' motives for action differ. I used the Social Identity Model of Collective Action (SIMCA; van Zomeren, Postmes, & Spears, 2008) to measure appraisals of income inequality in the United States by residents of both the US (insiders) and India (outsiders). SIMCA is a well-established framework for explaining insider collective action, and specifies that group identification, perceived injustice, and perceived group efficacy are each unique motives for collective action. In both studies, outsiders were willing to take collective action. In addition, both outsiders' and insiders' motives for action could be captured using the SIMCA framework. Outsiders perceived the conflict as less self-relevant than insiders, and reported less identification with the disadvantaged group than insiders; a personal connection with the group conflict or inequality is thus necessary for outsiders to take collective action. To understand and predict outsider collective action, I must then investigate how outsiders come to see an instance of group conflict as self-relevant.Chapter 3 explores how ideological orientations shape outsiders' appraisals of a group conflict, and whether outsiders may also choose to support a relatively advantaged group in conflict.In two studies, I investigated how Social Dominance Orientation (SDO; Pratto, Sidanius, Stallworth, & Malle, 1994) and Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA;Altemeyer, 1996) shape US residents' appraisals of separate conflicts between disadvantaged citizens an...

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The Next Generation of Collective Action Research

Cited by 195 publications

References 22 publications

Beyond the irony of intergroup contact: The effects of contact and threat on political participation and support for political violence in Northern Ireland.

Beyond the irony of intergroup contact: The effects of contact and threat on political participation and support for political violence in Northern Ireland.

Investigating the negative fan behaviors of a branded collegiate basketball student section

Collective action by outsiders to group conflict and inequality

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