You have to Fight! For your Right! To Party! Structure, Culture, and Mobilization in a University Party Riot

The US Student Antisweatshop Movement's Presence and Success at the Campus Level: Impacts of Collective Identity Strength and Network Density1

“…US college campuses tend to exude symbolic places, events, objects, and spoken and written narratives conveying their significance, all serving as emotion‐laden boundary markers that foster collective identity among student bodies year after year after generation (Garwood 2011:68; Poulson, Ratliff, and Dollieslager 2013). A common significant campus place is a central green space, such as The Ohio State University's Oval.…”

Practicing the Art of Dissent

“…As Poulson, Ratliff, and Dollieslager (2013) explained, collective events—parties, protests, riots, and the like—are “intergroup” events, often between authorities (most often the police) and citizens, where actions are perceived differently by each set of actors. For instance, police likely perceive blocking an entrance to a building in a very different fashion from the protesters who have strategically chosen to do so.…”

“…This perspective on variations in the perception of the qualities of activity—or a perception of such activity being threatening or necessarily justified—is informed by the elaborated social identity model (ESIM) forwarded by Reicher and colleagues (Stott and Drury 2000; Stott and Reicher 1998). The ESIM approach assumes that actors in collective events like protests categorize themselves with like others and act accordingly, which is particularly important for emergent and situational behaviors that can shift boundaries for acceptable activity (Poulson et al 2013; Stott and Drury 2000; Stott and Reicher 1998). Protesters and police, for example, each have normative structures, belief systems, values, and strategies for action—in short, their culture, mental horizons, or habitus.…”