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This topical book explores the phenomenon of when and why people protest. Based on social and political psychology, the book takes a comparative approach across and within cultures and examines how human motivation and political and cultural contexts affect protests. Showcasing state-of-the-art chapters from a new generation of social protest researchers, the book offers an overview of research into contemporary social change over the last decade. It draws on interdisciplinary research from social and political psychology across and within cultures to increase the scope of the phenomenon of social protest. The chapters feature different international examples and discuss diverse manifestations of social protest. Each chapter explicitly connects key insights to the practice and real-life relevance of social protest. The book offers a unique perspective of the when and why of social protest, and will be essential reading for students and academics in the fields of social psychology, political psychology, politics, and sociology, as well as anyone in behavioural and social sciences interested in social movements, social protest, and social change.

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Author:   Martijn van Zomeren
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032743943

ISBN 10:   1032743948
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   27 June 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Chapter 1: An Introduction to This Volume: Motivations for Social Protest and the Contexts in Which They Are Embedded Martijn van Zomeren Section I: Motivations across Contexts Chapter 2: Engaging in the Struggle for Justice: Morality as an Essential Driving Force of Social Protest. Marcos Dono, Mónica Alzate and José Manuel Sabucedo Chapter 3: Malleability and Change Motivation Beliefs in Social Protest (versus Conflict Resolution) Smadar Cohen-Chen Chapter 4: Examining Nostalgia’s Potential to Increase Solidarity-Based Protest against Ageism: The Case of “Age Demands Action” Inga Pauls*, Karolina Urbanska*, Martijn van Zomeren*, Keragan Cavolo, Medhi Marot, Tim Wildschut and Constantine Sedikides Chapter 5: Environmental Collective Action in Germany and Beyond: An Opportunity to Extend Theory and Practice Karen Hamann, Sophia Dasch, and Anna-Sophie von Agris Chapter 6: A Unique Motivational Profile for Activists? Towards a More Comprehensive Social Identity Model of Collective Action Ruthie Pliskin, Frederik Wermser, Eran Halperin and Martijn van Zomeren Section 2: Motivations within Contexts Chapter 7: Toward System Change, But in Opposite Directions: The Reactionary-Progressive Tension in Italy Valeria De Cristofaro & Valerio Pellegrini Chapter 8: Opre, Roma!: Discrimination, Misrecognition and Indifference as Challenges for Roma Activism and Allyship Barbara Lášticová, Judit Ignácz, and Anna Kende Chapter 9: The Power in Numbers (PIN) Hypothesis: How Common Ingroup Identities Motivate Collective Action Among Groups that Face Violent Existential Threats Huseyin Cakal, Faris Nadhmi, Abha Chauhan, Zafer Özkan, John Dixon and Martijn van Zomeren Chapter 10: Why They (Do Not) Protest: A Critical Social Psychological Perspective on Collective Action in Palestine Siwar Hasan-Aslih & Sandra Penić Chapter 11: Social Protest in Chile: Moralization of Attitudes Through Politicization of Social Movement Identity Ana Leal, Belén Álvarez, and Roberto González Conclusion Chapter 12: Toward an Integrative Social and Political Psychology of Social Protest Within and Across Cultures Martijn van Zomeren

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Martijn van Zomeren is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He holds a chair in the political and cultural psychology of social relationships. His research interests fall broadly in the domain of human motivation and social behavior, and he is well known for his integrative theoretical and empirical work on core motivations for social protest.

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