Research has shown limited support for the notion that perceived effectiveness of collective
action is a predictor of intentions to engage in collective action. One reason may be that
effectiveness has been in terms of whether the action will influence key decision makers. We …

Building on an articulation of two influential social-psychological approaches, this chapter
suggests a dual-pathway model of collective action. In line with traditional social movement
research, one pathway concerns the calculation of the costs and benefits of participation; the …

This article examines whether and how moral convictions predict collective action to achieve
social change. Because moral convictions–defined as strong and absolute stances on moral
issues–tolerate no exceptions, any violation motivates individuals to actively change that …

The articles presented in this volume describe part of a new generation of interest and vigor
in the social psychological study of collective action. This new wave builds nicely on the
foundation set by social identity, self‐categorization, and relative deprivation theories but …

This article proposes a classification of motivations for collective action based in three of
Tetlock's (2002) metaphors of social functionalism (ie, people as intuitive economists,
politicians, and theologians). We use these metaphors to map individual‐and group‐based …

To explain the psychology behind individuals' motivation to participate in collective action
against collective disadvantage (eg, protest marches), the authors introduce a dynamic dual
pathway model of approach coping that integrates many common explanations of collective …

An ethnographic study of two crowd events was carried out in order to develop a hypothesis
about the experience of empowerment in collective action. Qualitative comparison of an anti‐
roads occupation and a mass eviction suggests that empowerment as an outcome of …

The emphasis in the social‐psychological collective action literature is on why individuals
take part in collective action; however, it does not elaborate on how different mobilizing
contexts may appeal to distinct motivational dynamics to participate. The present study …

Collective action against collective disadvantage is a theoretically and socially relevant
phenomenon that has received increased scientific attention in recent years. Because recent
work combines different theoretical traditions, the last decade can be rightly called an 'age of …

Insights from appraisal theories of emotion are used to integrate elements of theories on
collective action. Three experiments with disadvantaged groups systematically manipulated
procedural fairness (Study 1), emotional social support (Study 2), and instrumental social …