Identity and collective action among European Kurds

Abstract

This research investigated the role of group-based anger and efficacy in explaining the effects of subgroup (ethnic) and common (European) identity on collective action among Kurds in Europe responding to different types of disadvantage. Whereas stronger Kurdish identity positively predicted intentions for collective action (mediated by anger and efficacy), stronger common ingroup identity was negatively related to collective action intentions. This effect occurred primarily when structural disadvantage was salient, not when attention was drawn to a specific incident of disadvantage, and was mediated by anger but not efficacy. The findings complement recent work demonstrating that intergroup harmony can undermine social change, suggesting that stronger common-group identification reduces collective action by reducing minority-group members' sensitivity to potential bias against them.

Extending the benefits of intergroup contact beyond attitudes: When does intergroup contact predict greater collective action support?

“…While promoting positive intergroup attitudes, intergroup contact can enhance (inaccurate) expectations that the disadvantaged group will be treated fairly by the advantaged group (Saguy et al, ), promote a common ingroup identity (Gaertner & Dovidio, ) reduce anger toward the outgroup (Tausch, Saguay, & Bryson, ) and reduce perceptions of discrimination (Dixon, Tropp et al, ). All of these outcomes can reduce perceptions of group inequality and hence reduce motivation to challenge group inequality (Dixon et al, ; Saguy et al, ; Ufkes, Calcagno, Glasford & Dovidio, ; Ufkes, Dovidio & Tel, ; van Zomeren, Postmes, & Spears, ).…”

Percepções dos portugueses sobre os imigrantes: indispensabilidade, acção colectiva e distância social

“…Este estudo permitiu também confirmar que grupos maioritários tendem a preferir o modelo assimilacionista de grupo--único, tal como em estudos anteriores (Guerra et al, 2015;Verkuyten, 2006). No entanto, contrariamente ao encontrado anteriormente (e.g., Glasford & Dovidio, 2011;Ufkes et al, 2015), foi a representação identitária de grupo-único (e não a de dupla-identidade) que esteve relacionada com o aumento de apoio a manifestações de mudança social. A interacção entre identidades étnicas e nacionais (subgrupos e identidades comuns) é complexa e depende largamente do contexto social.…”

“…Tal como aconteceu com grupos desfavorecidos, foi a indução de uma representação de dupla-identidade, e não uma identidade grupal comum, que esteve associada a acção colectiva por parte do grupo maioritário, em defesa da discriminação contra minorias (Banfield & Dovidio, 2013). Num estudo mais recente, que analisou o papel da raiva e eficácia grupais para explicar os efeitos da identificação com o subgrupo (étnico) e com a categoria supraodenada (europeu) na acção colectiva, verificou-se que uma elevada identificação com a categoria supraordenada (i.e., grupo-único) esteve negativamente associada a manifestações de acção colectiva (Ufkes, Dovidio, & Tel, 2015).…”

Intergroup Relations in Latin America: Intergroup Contact, Common Ingroup Identity, and Activism among Indigenous Groups in Mexico and Chile

“…In the United States, identifying as American as opposed to White American reduced recognition of discrimination against African Americans and willingness to protest in favor of African Americans (Banfield & Dovidio, 2013). In the European context, identifying as European negatively predicted willingness to protest among the disadvantaged Kurds by reducing anger whereas identification with the Kurdish ingroup predicted stronger willingness to engage in protest behavior via anger and group efficacy (Ufkes, Dovidio, & Tel, 2014).…”

“…Recent research on activism argues that past participation in political action or even civic participation could influence future activism (van Stekelenburg, Klandermans, & Akkerman, 2016). In a similar vein, DDPMAC hypothesizes that both emotion-focused and problem-focused pathway are influenced by past participation in political action.…”