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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. After Exposing The Limitations Of These Conflicting Perspectives, Maurice Pinard Elaborates On An Entirely New Synthesis, One That Involves Several Motivational Components. The Pushing Force Of Felt Grievances, Now With Qualifications, Is Brought Back But Accompanied, Or At Times Replaced, By Other Forces, Such As Feelings Of Moral Obligation Or Simple Aspirations. With Regard To Pulling Factors, Collective Goods Or Goals Pursued Can Be Involved Or Replaced By Ind

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Author

Maurice Pinard

Publisher

ACP - McGill Queen's University Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780773538658

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Political Science, Sociology