Collective Action for Social Change 2011
DOI: 10.1057/9780230118539_2
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“…Collective systemic agency has a strong civic and political orientation, as signaled by recent scholarship about community youth organizing, which generally refers to associations of mixed-age young people who work together to solve a public problem and gain political power (Conner, 2011;Schutz & Sandy, 2011;Warren, Mira, & Nikundiwe, 2008). Collective systemic agency includes: cognitive elements, such as constructing shared goals, affective elements, such as a sense of membership in the group and accountability to others in the group, and social action elements, such as coordinating different roles and expertise and managing internal conflict or external adversity.…”
Section: Collective Systemic Agencymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Collective systemic agency has a strong civic and political orientation, as signaled by recent scholarship about community youth organizing, which generally refers to associations of mixed-age young people who work together to solve a public problem and gain political power (Conner, 2011;Schutz & Sandy, 2011;Warren, Mira, & Nikundiwe, 2008). Collective systemic agency includes: cognitive elements, such as constructing shared goals, affective elements, such as a sense of membership in the group and accountability to others in the group, and social action elements, such as coordinating different roles and expertise and managing internal conflict or external adversity.…”
Section: Collective Systemic Agencymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This approach lends the book its theoretical soundness and practical applicability for several fields—for instance, those engaged in community organizing can draw upon this book and the model it proposes in promoting collective action toward social change and justice. This work can be used to inform the development of durable institutions that work toward giving a voice to the oppressed within societies that are newly emerging out of dictatorships (Schutz & Sandy, 2011).…”
Section: The Psychology Of Dictatorship Edited By Fathali M Moghaddamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Community organizing refers to efforts to unite a group of people around a common vision for social and political change and to empower them to press for these changes. According to Schutz and Sandy (2011), the overarching goal of community organizing is to “ alter the relations of power between the groups who have traditionally controlled our society and the residents of marginalized communities” (p. 12). Recent research on community organizing for school reform has documented the impressive victories and important contributions of these groups.…”
Section: Community Organizing For School Reformmentioning
confidence: 99%