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Wilson, Ross

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“…Social scientists have long studied protesting social movements (Wilson, 1973), with a rich body of literature emerging on how social movements recruit 'insider' and 'outsider' members (Jasper and Poulsen, 1995), frame certain events and processes (Benford, 1997), and mobilise through physical acts of protest (Jasper, 2014a(Jasper, , 2014b. Mirroring the core concern of this article, an increasing body of social movement studies literature has examined the role of emotions in social movements, with political protest being seen as intrinsically linked to emotion (Goodwin and Jasper, 2006: 611) and emotion being key to understanding the dynamics of protesting movements (Demertzis, 2020).…”

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Closing the ranks: Bondedness, sense of self and moral injury during legacy case prosecutions

Hearty

2022

Irish Journal of Sociology

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This article represents an entry point for the sociological study of protests by British Army veterans opposed to legacy case prosecutions arsing out of the conflict in the North of Ireland. Acknowledging the lack of sociological analysis when compared with recent legal, criminological and political studies, it uses insights from military sociology, the sociology of emotions, and the social movement literature to understand how and why veterans have mobilised against these prosecutions. It argues that veterans have resorted to taking collective action for three reasons: out of loyalty to the handful of veterans currently facing prosecution; because these prosecutions challenge their self-image as peacekeepers; and because of their sense of betrayal by the British government. In making this argument, the article highlights how political and moral contestation over past political violence touches on collective and individual identities constructed during that violence, social solidarity within groups impacted by that violence, and different expectations of post-conflict justice in its aftermath.

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Section: The Case For a Sociological Explorationmentioning

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Closing the ranks: Bondedness, sense of self and moral injury during legacy case prosecutions

Hearty

2022

Irish Journal of Sociology

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Closing the ranks: Bondedness, sense of self and moral injury during legacy case prosecutions

Closing the ranks: Bondedness, sense of self and moral injury during legacy case prosecutions

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