Grievances do matter in mobilization

Simmons, Erica S.

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“…Importantly, these goals may arise from different concerns, such as perceptions of shared grievances or a sense of entitlement, and they may not necessarily match those of a social movement organization looking to mobilize this population. Previous research, however, focused either on the goals of social movement organizations (McCammon, 2012;Simmons, 2014;Snow et al, 1986) or on individual level motivations to participate in collective action (e.g., Klandermans, 1997;van Zomeren et al, 2008;Walgrave, van Laer, Verhulst, & Wouters, 2013). In this paper, we bridge the two perspectives and test the mobilizing effect of goals.…”

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What do we want? Examining the motivating role of goals in social movement mobilization

Bezouw

Kutlaca

2019

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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The main purpose of any social movement organization is to achieve the goals of its followers. Little is known, however, about what type of goals disadvantaged group members strive to reach and which of those may motivate them to join a social movement organization. Using a door-to-door survey (N = 351), we investigated the mobilizing effects of goals among inhabitants of the North of the Netherlands that are adversely affected by gas-extraction induced earthquakes. We distinguished between collective (e.g., reduce gas extraction) versus individual goals (e.g., financial compensation), and outcome versus means goals (e.g., influence policy-makers). Moreover, we examined how perceptions of shared opinions with other affected citizens versus with people who are not negatively affected by gas extraction motivate the inhabitants to join a movement and attach importance to different goals. Our results indicate the existence of two pathways for potential mobilization: the first one through the perceptions of shared grievances, which can motivate people to join the movement and pursue collective solutions; and a second one through the perceptions of deprivation, which can motivate people to exert influence on power holders by joining a movement. Individual outcome goals were important but did not motivate disadvantaged citizens to join a social movement organization. We discuss the role of goals as a link between individual level and meso level factors for movement mobilization and collective action.

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“…The goals that people want to achieve through collective action are likely to be contingent on the type of grievance they want to address, but also on the social and political context (Jennings & Andersen, 2003;Simmons, 2014).…”

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What do we want? Examining the motivating role of goals in social movement mobilization

Bezouw

Kutlaca

2019

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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“…Taylor and Whittier ; Jasper and 2011; Benford and Snow ; Polletta and Jaspers ; Whittier ; Hunt and Benford 2010: 441–4; Simmons .…”

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With or Without Them: Contemporary Student Movements and Parties in the Southern Cone

Palacios‐Valladares

2016

The Latin Americanist

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This paper examines shifts in social movement ties to political parties. It does so by focusing on three important contemporary Latin American movements: the student movements of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Drawing on in-depth interviews with secondary and university activists in each country, the paper addresses two questions: First, why during the 1990s did student activists in all three countries increasingly organize outside and in opposition to parties? Second, why after 2000 did this autonomist trend partially fade in Argentina and Uruguay, but deepen in Chile? For both periods the paper seeks not only to identify key causal variables, but also to elucidate the causal mechanisms linking those variables to trends in movement ties to parties.

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“…It should come as no surprise then that civil society was the "celebrity" of the democratic transitions of the late twentieth century (Linz and Stepan 1996: 9) and that the "popular upsurge" of civil society against authoritarianism was critical in "restructuring public space" (O'Donnell and Schmitter 1986: 49-56). Nonetheless, what is important is that it is in abstract social spaces of society that grievances are imbued with meaning, where grievances can find resonance and possibly fester into open resistance (Simmons 2014). …”

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“…Beyond cross-class alliances, another variable pertaining to social space is culture of resistance, which was mentioned above as shaping repertoires of collective action. While an elusive variable, in many instances a culture of resistance is indicative of a history of struggle (la lucha) and is a way grievances are imbued with meaning that can turn into open resistance (Simmons 2014). …”

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Contentious spaces : a comparative analysis of Latin American resistance campaigns, 1956-2006.

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Grievances do matter in mobilization

Cited by 122 publications

References 48 publications

What do we want? Examining the motivating role of goals in social movement mobilization

What do we want? Examining the motivating role of goals in social movement mobilization

With or Without Them: Contemporary Student Movements and Parties in the Southern Cone

Contentious spaces : a comparative analysis of Latin American resistance campaigns, 1956-2006.

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