Le sentiment d’efficacité chez les jeunes peut-il faciliter le passage a l’action collective?
| Title in English | Can the sense of efficacy in young people facilitate the transition to collective action? |
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Les politiques sociales |
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| Field | Management and administrative |
| Keywords | collective action; Roma; Ukrainian; anger; discrimination |
| Description | In this chapter we ask about motivations behind collective action participation among members of minority groups, specifically young Roma and Ukrainians in Czech Republic. We stem from the literature where group disadvantage is seen as possible source of motivation for participation (e.g. Van Zomeren et al., 2012; Van Stekelenburg & Klandermans, 2013). In our study, young people from minorities identified discrimination as number one problem that they deal with and associated it with feelings of anger and frustration. Based on responses it seems that these negative emotions alone do not hold potential to bring people closer to collective action. It is rather the belief that group as a whole can change things for better (collective efficacy belief) which predicts participation. However, when negative emotions about discrimination accompanied strong sense of collective efficacy the participation was even more likely to happen. These findings further support the idea that emotions of anger and frustration can serve as triggers and bring people to collective action. |
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