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Motivational Dimensions in Social Movements and Contentious Collective Action

Motivational Dimensions in Social Movements and Contentious Collective Action
Author: Pinard, Maurice
Price: $100.00
ISBN-10: 0773585931
ISBN-13: 9780773585935
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For years, students of social movements and other forms of contentious action have been sharply divided over what motivates people to engage in protest. Early on, analysts generally agreed that participation in acts of protest was motivated by various deprivations pushing toward action. Newer perspectives began to reject these views, holding that grievances were permanent and ubiquitous, and could not therefore explain new forms of action. Goods to be pursued were then seen as the essential and pulling motivational force. However, even those came to be seen as inessential and the focus turned toward structural factors such as organizations, resources, opportunities, and mobilization as the crucial determinants of protest.