Valle, Beatrice (2023) "One for All": Explaining Radical Action Strategies in Disadvantaged Groups. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Perhaps due to the topic’s complexity and multi-disciplinary relevance, the literature on radicalization is characterized by fragmentation and interpretational inconsistencies, whose effects impact academic as much as applicative efforts (i.e., real-life interventions). It is of primary importance for current research to adopt an integrative approach to transcend such fragmentations and develop a better understanding of radicalization. Throughout this study we focus on a group-level understanding of radicalization, conceptualized in terms of radical collective action. We aim to integrate the collective action literature pertaining to the social identity approach by confronting predictions form the classic theories of intergroup behaviour, Social Identity Theory (SIT), Self-Categorization Theory (SCT) and the Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects (SIDE) with their more modern counterparts, the Normative Conflict Model of Dissent (NCM) and the Nothing-to-Lose explanation of radical action (NTL). We do this by experimentally crossing strategic considerations of outgroup accountability (anonymity vs. visibility, SIDE), with considerations of ingroup norms (moderate vs. radical norm, NCM) to understand the effects on endorsement of radical vs. moderate collective action strategies within a stably disadvantaged condition (NTL). We further discuss the primacy of NTL with regards to radical collective action, and how this theory can be further developed to integrate SIDE and NCM predictions.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Spears, R. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2023 13:24 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2023 13:24 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2835 |
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