Self, Identity, and Social MovementsSheldon Stryker, Timothy Joseph Owens, Robert W. White Bridging psychology and sociology, this volume demonstrates the importance of self, identity, and self-esteem in analyzing and understanding social movements. The scholars gathered here provide a cohesive picture of how self and identity bear on social movement recruitment, activism, and maintenance. The result is a timely contribution to the social movements literature and to a greater understanding of the social and psychological forces at work within them. |
Contents
Identity Work Processes in the Context of Social | 41 |
Group Identification and Political Protest | 68 |
Personal Identity | 93 |
SelfChange in Social Movements | 110 |
Social and Collective Identity | 132 |
Group Distinctiveness Social Identification and Collective | 153 |
Contemplating Collectivism | 172 |
Self and SelfEsteem | 191 |
Social Movements as Collective Coping with Spoiled | 215 |
Social Movements | 239 |
From Shame to Pride in Identity Politics | 252 |
Emotions and Identity in Womens SelfHelp Movements | 271 |
A Biographical | 300 |
Personal and Collective Identities and LongTerm Social | 324 |
Contributors | 347 |
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