A Social Psychology of Protest

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Protest is typically rare behavior, yet the first decade of the twenty-first century has been named the era of protest. This volume brings together insights from social psychology, political psychology, sociology, and political science to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of protest participation, particularly to the question of why some people protest while others do not.

🔑 Key Findings

• Successful protests bring masses to the streets, and the emergence of social media has fundamentally changed the process of mobilization.
• What protests need to be successful is demand (grievances, anger, and indignation), supply (protest organizations), and mobilization (effective communication networks).
• Motivation to participate can be instrumental, expressive, and identity driven, and politicized collective identity plays an important role in the dynamics of collective action.

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