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Struggling for Recognition: The Psychological Impetus for Democratic Progress(English)

Struggling for Recognition: The Psychological Impetus for Democratic Progress(English)

          
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Struggling for Recognition posits that the drive for personal recognition is a prime motivation behind the pursuit of democracy. The book presents an alternative to the theories of social and political changes that fail to test the causal assumption they make about human psychology. The theory presented underscores a fundamental aspect of human nature: the pursuit of recognition, that is, the drive for positive self-esteem and status and the aversion of negative self-esteem and subordination. This pursuit of recognition becomes the impetus for action and is used to overcome fear as well as rational costs and benefits calculations involved in collective action. The book examines the mechanisms by which this disposition is triggered and converted into political pressures that eventually lead to democratic reforms. Struggling for Recognition will be of interest to a wide range of scholars in political science, including those researching social movements, social change, democracy, and democratic transitions. A unique multidisciplinary work, it will foster better understanding of key political events such as democratic transitions.

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction - The Phenomenon of Democratic Progress - The Purposes and Structure of the Book - The Challenges of Reconstructing Psychology in History - Preliminary Remarks 1. Theories of Democratic Progress and Conceptions of Human Nature - Democratic Progress and Bottom-Up Pressures - Modernization Theory - Multivariate Theories and Models - The Behaviorist Conception of Human Nature in the Standard Approach to Democratic Progress - Conclusions 2. Human Nature and the Pursuit of Recognition - Recognition in the History of Political Philosophy -Interdisciplinary Explanations to the Pursuit of Recognition - The Pursuit of Recognition: A Social-Psychological Perspective - Evidence of Obedience to Authority? - Conclusions 3. From Pre-History to the End of History: Democratic Systems in the Human Experience - The Climate Conditions of the Last Glacial - Political Egalitarianism among Nomadic Foragers - Evolutionary Bases of Political Egalitarianism - Fossil Records, Evolution of Hominids, and Political Egalitarianism - Archaeology and Political Egalitarianism - Political Egalitarianism and the Transition to Political Hierarchy - The Reemergence of Political Egalitarianism - Conclusions 4. Recognition and Humiliation: The Origins of Mass Mobilization in the Montgomery Bus Boycott - Puzzles of the Montgomery Bus Boycott - Precursors to the Montgomery Bus Boycott - Why Montgomery, Alabama? - Why December 1955? - The Situation on the Buses 1953-1955 - Montgomery's 'Unlikely Generation' and the Results of Humiliation 5. Keeping Momentum: Leadership, Psychology, and Tactics - Leadership Motivation, Social Comparisons, and Relative Deprivation - December 5, 1955: A Transformative Day - Riding on Recognition: Effective Leadership and Psychological Factors - Strategic, Tactical, and Psychological Factors - Conclusions 6. Prevention of Status and Police Brutality: The Origins of Mass Mobilization against Apartheid - he Black Consciousness Movement: Self-Esteem and Self-Respect - The Materialistic Account of Anger Built-Up in 1976 - The 1976-Generation World - The Introduction of Afrikaans as a Prevention of Social Status - Why Soweto and not Port Elizabeth? - Police Brutality and the Transformative Phase of June 16, 1976 - Conclusions 7. Maintaining Commitment: Leadership, Cultural Change, and Music - Leadership Motivation - Intergenerational Gap and Cultural Change - Music and Struggle - Conclusions 8. Recognition Striving and Democratic Progress: An Integrative Approach - The Internal Sources of Political Contention - The External Sources of Political Contention - Injustice Frames and Resistance Motivation - Psychological Factors and Causal Mechanisms Pressure on Ruling Elites: Public Opinion and the Threat of Political Upheaval Direct Action, Resistance Activity, Social Movements, and Resistance Skills and Tactics Facilitative Factors 9. The Complexity of Democratic Progress and Levels of Analysis - Elements of Complexity in Democratic Progress - Internal Causes and Personal Experiences - Stages of Democratic Progress and their Levels of Analysis - The Human Agency Element - Conclusion Appendix A. List of Archives for the Montgomery Bus Boycott Appendix B. List of abbreviations, interviews and background information about former anti-apartheid activists in the Port Elizabeth municipal area, South Africa Bibliography Index


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  • ISBN-13: 9781441176943
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
  • Edition: NIPPOD ed
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 313 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1441176942
  • Publisher Date: 22 Nov 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 232
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: The Psychological Impetus for Democratic Progress
  • Width: 155 mm


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