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This study examines the psychological mechanisms underlying participation in social movements, focusing on the interplay between moral emotions and collective identity formation. Through a mixed-methods longitudinal design following 600... more
This research sits with recent efforts to examine the group-processes that underpin collective action, such as through a union. It is largely informed by social identity (Tajfel & Turner, 1979) and self-categorization theories (Turner,... more
Schimbarea unui regim politic nu presupune automat aderarea majoritară a populației la noul mod de guvernare. Cu atat mai putin a liderilor politici. Dimpotrivă, așa cum putem vedea cu ușurință și în România, susținătorii fundamentaliști... more
In dit artikel staat de vraag centraal waarom het in toenemende mate lastig is geworden om protesten en hun verloop te voorspellen. Ik betoog dat deze onvoorspelbaarheid nauw samenhangt met diepgaande sociale veranderingen zoals... more
. Reply to commentary by Kevin McDonald. Sociopedia.isa. Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing... more
In The Future of Social Movement Research, some of the most influential scholars in the field provide a wide-ranging understanding of how social movements arise and persist, engendering unanswered questions pointing to new theoretical... more
This study discusses the conceptual distinctions between social movements, protests, and public demonstrations, highlighting existing gaps in the literature of the Social Sciences, particularly in Political Science and Sociology. It draws... more
The status-legitimacy hypothesis posits that low-status groups more strongly endorse social hierarchies and disadvantageous systems (i.e., engage in system justification), particularly under extreme societal inequality. Buchel et al.... more
In this paper we discuss inclusiveness of identification among farmers in Galicia (Spain) and The Netherlands. Identification with three nested categories—farmers in the local community, farmers in the country, and farmers in Europe was... more
The Euromaidan is the second Ukrainian bourgeois revolution in this century. From the end of November 2013 to the end of February 2014, there were large-scale, nonviolent protests that took place in the main square of the Ukrainian... more
Who participates in demonstrations? Analyses of participants have emphasized the role of political disaffection, strategic resources, and context. Against the backdrop of the rise of protest politics in both older and newer democracies,... more
The study aims to extend the existing knowledge about the dynamics of first-time participation in protest events. To tackle that puzzle we rely on extensive and innovative protest survey evidence covering 18 separate demonstrations in... more
In The Future of Social Movement Research, some of the most influential scholars in the field provide a wide-ranging understanding of how social movements arise and persist, engendering unanswered questions pointing to new theoretical... more
. Contentious performances: The case of street demonstrations. In M. J. Funes (Ed.), A propósito de Tilly: Conflicto, Poder y Acción . Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible... more
The social and political integration of Muslim immigrants into Western societies is among the most pressing problems of today. Research documents how immigrant communities are increasingly under pressure to assimilate to their “host”... more
Het ontstaan van demonstraties en het veranderen van de vorm daarvan is een sociaal verschijnsel en daarom een interessant object voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek. In dit paper worden psychologische en sociologische verklaringen voor dit... more
Het ontstaan van demonstraties en het veranderen van de vorm daarvan is een sociaal verschijnsel en daarom een interessant object voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek. In dit paper worden psychologische en sociologische verklaringen voor dit... more
Social movement studies clearly suggest that trust matters for processes of social mobilization: When engaging in costly, and potentially risky, contentious collective action on a common goal, activists and groups rely on the expectation... more
Waarom leidt de ene hervorming wél tot protest, en de andere niet? Ondanks uitgebreid onderzoek blijft het lastig om protest te voorspellen. Dit komt doordat onderzoek zich vaak richt op macroprocessen en microprocessen negeert, of... more
This article examines four different trajectories of contestation individuals go through. We highlight how the five motivational dynamics function per trajectory, depending on how they interact within individuals’ psyche, their... more
A popular opinion among scholars and commentators seems to be that military administration was a constraint to socioeconomic and political development. Some of these scholars have attributed the causes of the persistent socioeconomic and... more
Social movement studies clearly suggest that trust matters for processes of social mobilization: When engaging in costly, and potentially risky, contentious collective action on a common goal, activists and groups rely on the expectation... more
Convencionalmente la teoría ha enfatizado el papel desmovilizador de la religiosidad, aunque recientemente se ha planteado que la religión puede alentar o suprimir la participación en protestas dependiendo si el contexto es autoritario o... more
The recent economic crisis shaped a new wave of protest in Europe mobilising thousands of people. Austerity measures brought not only the 'usual suspects' onto the streets, they also awoke less frequent demonstrators. What brought all... more
Over the last decades, the concept of identity has become increasingly central in the social psychology of protest. Collective identity, politicized collective identity, dual identity, and multiple identities are concepts that help to... more
The study of emotions in politics and protest has emerged (or reemerged) in the past decade through a messy inductive process of recognizing the obvious: Emotions of many sorts permeate political action. In grappling with the inadequacies... more
This study analyses the role played by emotions in protest. In the current explanatory models, anger is the sole emotion associated with these actions. But is anger the only emotion capable of mobilising citizens to defend a cause? We... more
How to cite Complete issue More information about this article Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Scientific Information System Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Non-profit academic... more
This chapter discusses MEG and EEG studies of social cognition and interaction. Our understanding in this field mainly derives from experiments using isolated verbal and visual social stimuli in highly controlled laboratory environments.... more
Waves reflect distinct historical moments within which strategic innovations like visible protests are organized, implemented, and then presumably, lead to some outcome. As Maher et al. (2019) claim, “understanding movement protest... more
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On April 22, 2017, millions of people marched for science in response to a growing sense of urgency for preserving scientific funding and knowledge, both perceived as threatened by the Trump administration. This research note highlights... more
social movements and the dynamics of collective action Jacquelien van Stekelenburg and Teodora Gaidytė This chapter is an update of the 2013 chapter Social movements and the dynamics of collective action (Klandermans & Van Stekelenburg,... more
Research on self-regulation has traditionally emphasized that people's thoughts and actions are guided by either (a) domain-general motivations that emerge from a cumulative history of life experiences, or (b) situation-specific... more
The recent global recession revealed a huge social-class divide between the economic outcomes of the affluent and their less endowed counterparts. Although this divide has bred social unrest in some societies, in many others such... more
In 1997 The Social Psychology of Protest (Klandermans, 1997) appeared. Until then theories and approaches to collective action were scattered throughout psychological, sociological and political science journals and volumes in Europe and... more
In 2009 brengt de Raad voor Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling (RMO) het advies Polarisatie: bedreigend en verrijkend uit, waarin ze de conflictueuze en verbindende eigenschappen van polarisatie uiteenzetten. Een tijdlang hebben wij ons land... more
Social inequality is a key recurring theme animating various protest movements over the past decade. Take, for example, the Occupy Wall Street movement conceived by many as a new global movement phenomenon. Others, however, maintain that... more
Inspired by Fathali Moghaddam’s (2005) metaphor of a staircase to terrorism, this paper discusses political violence as a social-psychological process. Moghaddam’s metaphor posits a sequence of deepening involvement, from perceptions and... more
Protest participation has become normalized and all sorts of people resort to protest to demand social and political change. Participation in street demonstrations is the prototypical protest activity of citizens today. This chapter... more
The recent economic crisis shaped a new wave of protest in Europe mobilising thousands of people. Austerity measures brought not only the 'usual suspects' onto the streets, they also awoke less frequent demonstrators. What brought all... more
This introductory article provides a short account of the theoretical framework and the methodological setup of a comparative study of street demonstrations. The following articles in this issue report results from this study. The data on... more
This essay conceptualizes radicalization as a collective process that evolves within the context of global, national, or local intergroup tensions. People do not radicalize on their own, but as part of a group in which a collective... more